Ballistic impact of a KEVLAR® helmet: Experiment and simulations

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 304-318

  Tham, C Y ^a   Tan, V B C ^b   Lee, H P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ballistic impact; Bullet projectile; Hydrocode simulations; KEVLAR helmet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; STANDARDS;

BALLISTIC IMPACT; BULLETS; HYDROCODE SIMULATIONS; IMPACT VELOCITY; PROJECTILE INTERACTION;

PROJECTILES;

EID: 38349091076     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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