Terminal Ballistics

• Main Authors: Rosenberg, Zvi (Author), Dekel, Erez (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Engineering design.; Structural materials.; Metals.; Engineering Design.; Structural Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Metallic Materials.

This book comprehensively discusses essential aspects of terminal ballistics, combining experimental data, numerical simulations and analytical modeling. Employing a unique approach to numerical simulations as a measure of sensitivity for the major physical parameters, the new edition also includes...

Table of Contents:

• Experimental Techniques
• Material Models for Numerical Simulations.-Rigid Penetrators
• Plate Perforation
• Eroding Penetrators
• Defeat by High Strength Targets
• Asymmetric Interactions.