Fragment mass distribution of naturally fragmenting warheads

FME Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Elek, Predrag ^a   Jaramaz, Slobodan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Fragment mass distribution; Fragmentation; High explosive warhead; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876518844     PISSN: 14512092     EISSN: 2406128X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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