Perforation of sheets by pyramidal weapons such as arrowheads

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 457-470

  Cheshire, Eddie ^a   Rossi, Marco ^a   Atkins, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeometallurgy; Arrowheads; Ductile fracture; Pyramidal weapons; Sheet perforation

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLATE METAL; SHEET METAL; YIELD STRESS;

ARCHAEOMETALLURGY; ARROWHEADS; PYRAMIDAL WEAPONS; SHEET PERFORATION;

GUNS (ARMAMENT);

EID: 38949098638     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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