Experience with techniques for characterizing debris generated during hypervelocity impact testing

AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference, 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages

  Wilbeck, J S ^a   Young, R P ^b  

^a Kaman Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

^b Arnold Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT TESTING;

BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT; DEBRIS PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TESTING; INDIRECT METHODS; RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE;

DEBRIS;

EID: 84916477724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1992-1586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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