Perforation resistance of five different high-strength steel plates subjected to small-arms projectiles

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 948-964

  Borvik T ^a,b   Dey, S ^a,b   Clausen, A H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

7.62 mm Bullets; Experimental results; Material tests; Numerical simulations; Steel plates

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVES; METAL ANALYSIS; STEEL; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

7.62 MM BULLETS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; MATERIAL TESTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; STEEL PLATES;

PROJECTILES;

EID: 61749095689     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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