Blast shock wave mitigation using the hydraulic energy redirection and release technology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Yun ^a   Huang, Wei ^b   Constantini, Shlomi ^c  

^a BrightstarTech Inc   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC ENERGY REDIRECTION AND RELEASE TECHNOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOCK WAVE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84862700951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039353     Document Type: Article

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