Reliability analysis of metallic targets under metallic rods impact: Towards a simplified probabilistic approach

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-527

  Mebarki, Ahmed ^a   Bao Nguyen, Quoc ^a,b   Mercier, Frédéric ^b   Ami Saada, Ramdane ^a   Reimeringer, Mathieu ^b  

^a Université Paris Est Créteil   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Impact; Log normal distribution; Mechanical model; Plasticity; Projectile; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMPACT STRENGTH; METALLIC SOAPS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECTILES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

ERROR MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; IMPACT; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL MODELLING; METALLIC RODS; METALLIC TARGETS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; PLANAR TARGETS; PLASTICITY; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; PROJECTILE; RIGID BODIES; TARGET PLANE; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

TARGETS;

EID: 50349096455     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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