Elastomer-steel laminate armor

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1059-1064

  Roland, C M ^a   Fragiadakis, D ^a   Gamache, R M ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Armor; Ballistic impact; Glass transition; Penetration resistance

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC IMPACT; BALLISTIC LIMIT; BALLISTIC PENETRATION; BENDING STIFFNESS; BREAK-UP; COMPOSITE ARRAYS; ELASTOMER COATINGS; ELASTOMERIC COATINGS; GLASSY STATE; HARD MATERIAL; LAMINATE STRUCTURES; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; PRESSURE WAVES; STEEL LAMINATES; STEEL PANELS; STEEL SUBSTRATE;

ARMOR; BALLISTICS; GLASS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; PLASTICS; RUBBER; RUBBER COATINGS; SUBSTRATES;

GLASS TRANSITION;

COATINGS; ELASTOMER; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LAMINATE; PRESSURE; STIFFNESS; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 73449117473     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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