Principles and preliminary concepts for compliant mechanically reactive armor

Proceedings of the 2009 ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 370-376

  Andersen, Cameron S ^a   Magleby, Spencer P ^a   Howell, Larry L ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanically reactive armor (CMRA); Compliant mechanism; Lamina emergent mechanisms; Mechanically reactive armor; Reactive armor

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANICALLY REACTIVE ARMOR (CMRA); COMPLIANT MECHANISM; LAMINA EMERGENT MECHANISMS; MECHANICALLY REACTIVE ARMOR; REACTIVE ARMOR;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT;

ARMOR;

EID: 70449129050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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