Ballistic performance of a Kevlar-29 woven fibre composite under varied temperatures

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Soykasap, O ^a   Colakoglu, M ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ballistic performance; Finite element method; Kevlar; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE; BALLISTIC PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE PLATES; COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; FINITE-ELEMENT PROGRAMS; HIGH DAMPING CAPACITY; HIGH STRENGTH; IMPACT ENERGY; MONITORING METHODS; NON-MILITARY PURPOSE; POLYVINYL BUTYRAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

ARMOR; DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROJECTILES; TEMPERATURE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77952240135     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-010-9124-3     Document Type: Article

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