Applied High-Speed Plate Penetration Dynamics

High-speed impact dynamics is of interest in the fundamental sciences, e.g., astrophysics and space sciences, and has a number of important applications in military technologies, homeland security and engineering. When compared with experiments or numerical simulations, analytical approaches in impa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ben-dor, Gabi (Author), Dubinsky, Anatoly (Author), Elperin, Tov (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
Series:Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 132
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Localized Interaction Approach
  • Cavity Expansion Approximations
  • Power-Law Realationships Between Impact, Residual and Ballistic Limit Velocity
  • Towards Shape Optimization of Impactors
  • Shape Optimization of Impactors Penetrating into Ductile Shields
  • Shape Optimization of Impactors Penetrating into Concrete Shields
  • Optimum Shape of Impactors Against Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Laminates
  • Area Rules for Penetrating Impactors
  • Optimization of Multi-layered and Spaced Ductile Shields
  • Optimization of Two-Component Ceramic Shields.