Perforation of 5083-H116 Aluminum Armor Plates with Ogive-Nose Rods and 7.62 mm APM2 Bullets

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 969-978

  Borvik T ^a,b   Forrestal, M J ^c   Warren, T L ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

7.62 mm APM2 bullets; Aluminum armor plates; Experimental study; Ogive nose rods; Perforation equations

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARMOR; BALLISTICS; BRASS; COMPRESSION TESTING; FILLERS; VELOCITY;

ALUMINUM ARMOR; APM2 BULLET; BALLISTIC EXPERIMENT; BALLISTIC LIMIT VELOCITY; CAVITY EXPANSION MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OGIVE-NOSE RODS; PROBLEM PARAMETERS;

ALUMINUM COATED STEEL;

EID: 77955918495     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-009-9262-5     Document Type: Article

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