Computational assessment of ballistic impact on a high strength structural steel/polyurea composite plate

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-534

  El Sayed, Tamer ^a   Mock, Willis ^b   Mota, Alejandro ^a   Fraternali, Fernando ^c   Ortiz, Michael ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ballistic; Composite; Polyurea; Porous plasticity; Projectile; Strain localization; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; PLASTICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROJECTILES; SHEAR BANDS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ADIABATIC SHEAR BAND; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; HIGH-STRENGTH STRUCTURAL STEELS; POLYUREAS; POROUS PLASTICITY; SOFT MATERIAL MODELING; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; VISCOELASTIC;

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL;

EID: 59449096832     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-008-0327-6     Document Type: Article

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