Influence of conical projectile diameter on perpendicular impact of thin steel plate

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2946-2967

  Rusinek, A ^a   Rodriguez Martinez J A ^b   Arias, A ^b   Klepaczko, J R ^a   Lopez Puente J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ductile failure; Dynamic behaviour; Numerical simulation; Perforation

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CONTACT ANGLE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL; VELOCITY;

CONICAL PROJECTILE; JOHNSON-COOK CONSTITUTIVE RELATION; PLASTIC WORK; RESIDUAL VELOCITY;

IMPACT STRENGTH;

BALLISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CONTACT ANGLE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT STRENGTH; KINETIC ENERGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL; VELOCITY;

EID: 40849111292     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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