The escape of blast from fragmenting munitions casings

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-192

  Hutchinson, Michael D ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast; Casing; Fisher; Fragmentation; Gurney

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; EXPERIMENTS; NITRATION; YIELD STRESS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; BAE SYSTEMS; CASING; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPLOSIVE CHARGES; EXPLOSIVES SAFETIES; FIELD CONDITIONS; FISHER; FRAGMENTATION; GURNEY; HIGH RADIUSES; INTERNAL PRESSURES; PHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 57649135374     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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