Polyurea coated composite aluminium plates subjected to high velocity projectile impact

Materials and Design

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Mohotti, Damith ^a   Ngo, Tuan ^a   Mendis, Priyan ^a   Raman, Sudharshan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Composite plates; High velocity impact; Polyurea; Projectiles

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COATINGS; KINETICS; PROJECTILES;

COATED COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE PLATES; HIGH VELOCITY PROJECTILE IMPACT; HIGH-VELOCITY IMPACT; POLYUREA COATINGS; POLYUREAS; PROJECTILE PENETRATION; RESIDUAL VELOCITY;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84879310830     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.05.060     Document Type: Article

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