Terminal Ballistics

• Main Authors: Rosenberg, Zvi (Author), Dekel, Erez (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Continuum mechanics.; Engineering design.; Engineering Design.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

This book covers the important issues of terminal ballistics in a comprehensive way combining experimental data, numerical simulations and analytical modeling. The first chapter reviews the experimental equipment which are used for ballistic tests and the diagnostics for material characterization un...

Table of Contents:

•  Introduction
• Experimental techniques.-Numerical simulations
• Rigid penetrators
• Plate perforation
• Eroding penetrators
• Defeat mechanisms.