Ballistic impact damage observations in a hot-pressed boron carbide

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 45-55

  LaSalvia, J C ^a   Leavy, R B ^a   Houskamp, J R ^a   Miller, H T ^a   MacKenzie, D E ^a   Campbell, J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC EXPERIMENT; BALLISTIC IMPACT; BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE; BALLISTIC TARGETS; COVER PLATE; DAMAGE FEATURES; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; IRON-NICKEL; LABORATORY SCALE; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; PENETRATORS; PRE-STRESS; STOCHASTIC VARIATION; SUB-SURFACE DAMAGE; TARGET CONFIGURATIONS; TI6A14V; TRANSITION VELOCITIES; TRANSITION ZONES; VELOCITY RANGE;

ARMOR; BORON; BORON CARBIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; TARGETS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN; VELOCITY;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 75949112213     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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