On the ballistic and blast load response of a 20 ft ISO container protected with aluminium panels filled with a local mass - Phase I: Design of protective system

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1605-1620

  Borvik T ^a,b   Hanssen, A G ^a   Dey, S ^a   Langberg, H ^b   Langseth, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium protection; Ballistic tests; Design; International operations; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMMUNITION; BALLISTICS; BLASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BALLISTIC TEST; BLAST LOADING; PROTECTIVE SYSTEM;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ALUMINUM; AMMUNITION; BALLISTICS; BLASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; LOADING; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 43449120687     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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