BALLISTICS 2017

VOLUME 1

EXTERIOR BALLISTICS

• Research on the Effect of Structure Parameters on the Dynamic Characteristics of Terminal Sensitive Projectile
SHENGTAO LV, JI-DANDAN and XIN LIAO
• Trajectory Optimization of a Deflectable Nose Missile
ZHIYONG ZHANG, XIAOHUI SUN, ZHIHUA CHEN and QIZHONG TANG
• Experimental Study of Low Speed Vertical Water Entry of Projectiles
RUI-QI WANG, ZHEN-GUI HUANG, ZE-QING GUO, ZHI-HUA CHEN and JIAN-GUO GAO
• Modeling and Control of Supercavitating Vehicle
TIANHONG XIONG, YIPIN LV and WENJUN YI
• Test Method Investigation of Trajectory Consistency Based on Damage Efficiency Criterion
RISHENG HOU, YAFENG HU and JUN ZHU
• Ballistic Characteristics of Dual-Spin Projectile with Asymmetric Front Body
TAN JU, JIYAN YU, HAO LI, XIAOMING WANG and XIAOHUI GU
• Coexisting Attractors in a Underwater Supercavitating Vehicle System
YIPIN LV, TIANHONG XIONG and WENJUN YI
• External Ballistics and Accuracy of Lead Free Bullets in 5.56x45mm NATO
ELYA COURTNEY, AMY COURTNEY, and MICHAEL COURTNEY
• An Improved Hybrid Extended Kalman Filter Based Drag Coefficient Estimation for Projectiles
WEIPING ZHOU
• Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Supersonic Mortar Projectiles
TOMASZ MERDA and MARIUSZ MAGIER
• A Technology of Ballistic Measurement for Multi-Flying Targets
YANNING GUI, ZHENG HUANG, HONGTAO CHENG and YAOWEI LIU
• Ballistics of Supercavitating Projectiles
OVE DULLUM
• Experimental Investigation of Supercavitating Underwater Ballistic Projectile
NAOHIRO KITAYAMA, YOSHIHISA UEDA and TOYOKI MATSUZAWA
• Using Forecast Meteorological Data to Reduce the Artillery Error Budget
BERNARD JONES
• Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Supercavitating Vehicles based on Two-Dimensional Bifurcation
JINTAO WU
• Modeling and Simulation of Interior Ballistics of High-Speed Launch based on Lateral Injection for Energy Compensation Technology
YONGJIE CAO, WENLONG YUE, JING HU, WEIWEI ZHANG, MINHUA ZHANG, XIJIN LIU and YUAN YAO
• Simulation Study on Hydrodynamic Cavitation Characteristics of Water Submerged Jet
NA ZHAO YUWEI WANG, WENFANG ZHU and QI LIU
• The Projectile Angle Motion Pattern Analysis based on Projectile-Borne Geomagnetic Sensor Test
LONG ZHANG, YAN ZHANG, YI DING and PENG WANG
• Fast Perturbation-Compensation-Oriented Trajectory Planning Correction Strategy
HUAN ZHOU, ZHIJIAN DING, RENWEI GE and JIAN TAN
• Predictions of Coupled Motion Dynamic Derivatives of Projectile
LIANG CHEN, RONG-ZHONG LIU, RUI GUO, YONG-LIANG YANG, BO-YANG XING, KE GAO and BO-BO ZHAO
• Improved Theory of Projectile Trajectory Reference Heights as Characteristics of Meteo-Ballistic Sensitivity Functions
VLADIMIR CECH and JIRI JEVICKY
• Research on the Attack Angle Response of Projectile Considering the Instantaneous and Durable Force Induced by Canards
DONG-GUANG LI, RU-PENG LI, YONG-HUI SHI and PENG-FEI HUO
• An On-Board Recording Technique to Correlate Simultaneous Leeward and Windward Pressure Measurements to Ground-Based Aerodynamic Range Measurements
T. G. BROWN, E. BUKOWSKI and M. DON
• Research on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Trajectory Correction Mortar with Circular Grid-Fin Canard
DONG-GUANG LI, YONG-HUI SHI, RU-PENG LI and PENG-FEI HUO
• Effect of Firing Conditions & Release Height on Terminal Performance of Submunitions and Conditions for Optimum Height of Release
L. K. GITE, A. ANANDARAJ, R. S. DEPODHAR, D. K. JOSHI and K. M. RAJAN
• Aerodynamic Characterization of a New Concept of Long Range Projectiles from Free Flight Data
MARIE ALBISSER, SIMONA DOBRE, CÉDRIC DECROCQ, FAYÇAL SAADA, BASTIEN MARTINEZ and PATRICK GNEMMI
• A Technique to Create Repeatable Yaw in Long-Rod Penetrators
BRETT SORENSEN
• Perturbation Studies for Separation Dynamics of Store during Release from Aircraft280
SUNIL HIWALE, PRASAD PARKHI and MAHENDRA JHA
• The Effect of Humidity on Small Arms Trajectory
GREGORY OBERLIN
• Optimal Design of the Aerodynamic Parameters for the Two-Dimensional Guided Artillery Projectile
ZHENG HUANG and KE LIANG
• Determination of Aerodynamic Co-Efficients of Fin Stablized Armour Piercing Penetrator using Yaw Cards
BORA MURALIDHAR and ROHITENDRA BHANDARI
• Computational Analysis of the Aerodynamics of a Bending Body Projectile at Supersonic Speeds
SIDRA SILTON, ERIC YOUN and JUSTIN PAUL
• Numerical Techniques for the Prediction of the Aerodynamic Behavior of a Complex Projectile
SIDRA SILTON, JUBARAJ SAHU and FRANK FRESCONI
• Ar-15 Barrel Motion as a Function of Weapon Mount Configuration
KENNETH PAXTON, GREGORY OBERLIN, THOMAS PUCKETT, and DARREN CASHEN
• Prediction of Spatial Distribution of Fragments from a Preformed Fragmentation Warhead using Mathematically Constructed Model
SATYENDRA SINGH, C. SRIKANTH and V.K. DIXIT
• A Statistical Method for the Evaluation of Projectile Dispersion
C.A. RABBATH and D. CORRIVEAU
• Probase: a Software Application to Estimate Drag in Base Bleed Technology Units using Large Eddy Simulation
F. NICOLÁS-PÉREZ, J. SERNA, A. LÓPEZ-BELCHÍ, F. J. S. VELASCO, J. R., GARCÍA-CASCALES, F. REY, A. LASO, R. A. OTÓN-MARTÍNEZ, R. MUR, D. FERNÁNDEZ-MORATILLA and R. A. GONZALO-UGARTE
• Modeling and Simulation Studies for Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System
M. PADMANABHAN, S. MUTHU, S.V. GADE and K.M. RAJAN
• Projected Area and Drag Coefficient of High Velocity Irregular Fragments that Rotate or Tumble
JOHN MOXNES and FROYLAND OYVIND
• Influence of Silencer Use on External Ballistics of Projectiles
BARTOSZ KOZERA and JAROSLAW BRZUZY
• Influence of Muzzle Devices use on Accuracy of Competition Weapons
BARTOSZ KOZERA and JAROSLAW BRZUZY
• Trajectory Tracking Study based on Integrated Guidance and Control
LINDONG ZHAO, XU ZHANG and PING ZHAO
• An Aerodynamic Shape Optimum Study for Long-Range Guided Rockets to Maximize the Range and Increase the Hit Accuracy
RUNDUO CAO and XIAOBING ZHANG
• Simulation Studies for MRSI of Artillery Gun Systems
M. PADMANABHAN, S.V. GADE and K.M. RAJAN
• Validation of the NATO Armaments Ballistic Kernel for use in Small-Arms Fire Control Systems
D. CORRIVEAU
• Flight Mission Sequence Optimizer for Vulcano
ISH-MAËL STROOBANT, MARCO PULSINELLI and PAOLO FERSINO

INTERIOR BALLISTICS

• Experimental Investigation on Ignition Characteristic of NEPE Propellant
LIAN-BO LI, XIONG CHEN, CHANG-SHENG ZHOU, MIN ZHU and OMER MUSA
• Ignition and Combustion of Pyrotechnics at Low Pressures and at Temperature Extremes
CLIVE WOODLEY, R. CLARIDGE, N. JOHNSON and A. JONES
• Headspace Effect on Aluminum Cartridges Case Behavior
SONG CAI, CHENLEI HUANG, ZHONGXIN LI and ZHILIN WU
• Solid Propellant Burn Rate Measurement in a Micro Closed Bomb
SEBASTIAN WURSTER
• Analysis of Dynamic Vivacity Curves Obtained on the Basis of Valved Closed Vessel Test Data
R. TREBINSKI, Z. LECIEJEWSKI, Z. SURMA and B. FIKUS
• Preparation and Study of Ultrafine Flake-Aluminum with High Reactivity
LEI XIAO, JIE LIU, GAZI HAO, XIANG KE, TENG CHEN, HAN GAO, YUANBO RONG, CHENGSU JIN, JINGLIN LI and WEI JIANG
• The Influence of Nozzle Diameters on the Interaction Characteristic of Combustion-Gas Jets and Liquid
XIAOCHUN XUE, YONGGANG YU and JINMING XIE
• Research on the Deformation of Die Pins during Propellant’s Extrusion Process
JI DAN-DAN, CHEN FEI-YUN and LV SHENG-TAO
• Numerical Analysis of the Internal Ballistic Properties of Underwater Launched Gun with a Gas-Curtain
XINWEI ZHANG, YONGGANG YU and XIAOCHUN XUE
• Synthesis and Performance of Insensitive Ladder-Like Nitrocellulose
ZHENGGANG XIAO and XIANGJUN MENG
• Experiments and Numerical Simulation on the Expanding Processes of High Pressure Hot Gas Jet in Bulk-Loaded Liquid
MANG SHANSHAN and YU YONGGANG
• Simulation of Two-Dimensional Interior Ballistics Model of Solid Propellant Electrothermalchemical Launch with Discharge Rod Plasma Generator
YAN-JIE NI, YONG JIN, NIAN-KAI CHENG, CHUN-XIA YANG, HAI-YUAN LI and BAO-MING LI
• Applied Analysis of Electrothermal Chemical Launch Technology in 155mm Modular Charge Howitzer
YONG JIN, GANG WAN, CHUNXIA YANG, HAIYUAN LI, NIANKAI CHENG and BAOMING LI
• Research Progress of Pressure Testing Technology for Electrothermal-Chemical Launch
HUI TIAN, YONG JIN, LONG LI, GANG WAN, ZHENXIAO LI and BAOMING LI
• Preparation and Performance of Insensitive Spherical Nano-Sized Nitrocellulose
XIANGJUN MENG and ZHENGGANG XIAO
• Research on the Influence of Augmented Rail Length and Charging Voltage to System Launch Efficiency
YINGTAO XU, BO TANG, NIANKAI CHENG and BAOMING LI
• Factors Determining Nature of Dynamic Vivacity Curve during Closed Vessel Investigations
ZBIGNIEW LECIEJEWSKI, ZBIGNIEW SURMA and PAWEŁ ŻUK
• Response of Nitramine and Non-Nitramine based Composite Propellant to Pulse Triggered Combustion Instability
JAYESH UPADHYAY, AJAY PATIL, AMIT KUMAR, ARVIND KUMAR and MANOJ GUPTA
• The Study of Abnormal Combustion Light Gas Guns
NING LIU, FEI ZHOU and XIANGYAN ZHANG
• Experimental Study on Continuous Rotating Detonation Engine
WANLI WEI and CHUNSHENG WENG
• Studies on Composite Solid Propellant with Trimodal Ammonium Perchlorate Containing an Ultrafine Fraction
VENKATA SURESH BABU KONANKI, P. KANAKA RAJU, C.R. THOMAS AND A. SYED HAMED
• Electrostaticspray Preparation and Properties of RDX/DOS Composites
JIAN YAO, JIAN LIU, YONGXU WANG, BIN LI and LIFENG XIE
• Research on the Damage Diagnosis for Rails with a New 3D Scanning Method
ZHAOXIN WANG, JIANG YUE, YONG JIN and BAOMING LI
• Effects of Baffle Plate on Flow Field and Performance of Two-Phase Pulse Detonation Engines
YANG KANG, CHUNSHENG WENG and NING LI
• Research on the 3D Reconstruction for Railgun Bore Scanning based on Combined Binocular Vision and Laser Marking
YUAN GAO, JIANG YUE and BAOMING LI
• Integrated Optimization Design of Interior and Exterior Ballistics of Cased Telescoped Ammunition Gun
YONGJIE CAO, WENLONG YUE, JING HU, ZHIFEI LI, XUESONG LI, RUFENG HAN and MINGCHEN SU
• Simulation Analysis of Closed Combustion Process of Low Temperature Hydrogen-Oxygen Premixed Gas used in CLGG
NA ZHAO, JIAWEI DI, YUAN LI, YUWEI WANG, WENFANG ZHU and QI LIU
• Study of Characteristics of Burning Rate of Propellant at Different Charge Zone for Large Caliber Artillery Gun Systems
YUWEI WANG, YINGHUA GUO, WENFANG ZHU and WEI LIU
• Theoretical Analysis on the Effect of Burning Rate of Combustible Cartridge on Interior Ballistic Performance
KUI NIE, JIAWEI DI, NA ZHAO, RUI LI, YUAN LI and WEIWEI ZHANG
• Analysis on the Influence of the Resistance of a Projectile on the Pressure Distribution in the Gun
KUI NIE, MINGAN ZHANG, NA ZHAO, BING LI and SONGSONG DOU
• Combustion Performance of the Multi-Perforated Gun Propellants and Influence on the Interior Ballistic Performance
RUI LI, MINGAN ZHANG, JIAWEI DI, KUI NIE, YUAN LI, NINGBO WEI and WEIWEI ZHANG
• New Launch Principle Artillery with Single Chamber and Multiple Barrels
YINGHUA GUO, YANCHENG DONG, LONG ZHANG, JIAN LI and RUIJING LI
• Two-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Axial Length on Continuous Rotating Detonation Engine
BAOXING LI and CHUNSHENG WENG
• Experimental Investigation of Compressive Mechanical Properties and Fracture Mechanism of AP-HTPB Base Bleed Grain
ZHIHUI WU, JIANPING QIAN and GONGJIE NIU
• The Research on Engraving Process of 12.7 mm Projectile
LI ZHONGXIN, ZHOU XIANGXIANG, XU HUI, WU ZHILIN and LI JUNSONG
• A Comparative Study of Combustible Cartridge Case Materials
WEITAO YANG, JIANXING YANG, YUCHENG ZHANG and SANJIU YING
• Research on the Criterion of Transition for Electromagnetic Launching
BO TANG, YINGTAO XU, YUAN GAO, GANG WAN and BAOMING LI
• An Approach for Optimization of the Wall Thickness (Weight) of a Thick-Walled Cylinder under Axially Non-Uniform Internal Service Pressure Distribution
ONUR GÜNGÖR
• Cooling Methods for Gun Barrel
YUJIA SUN and XIAOBING ZHANG
• A Series of BKNO3 Nitrocellulose based Low Sensitivity Igniters with Varying Ignition Characteristics
EUGENE ROZUMOV, VIRAL PANCHAL, THELMA MANNING and KENNETH KLINGAMANN
• Developmental Challenges during Realization of High Progressivity Rocket Motor
SHRIKANT GHOGALE, M. VENKANNA, B.V. PAPA RAO and TESSY THOMAS
• Investigations of Inhibitors for Double Base Propellants by the Use of Real Time Roentgenoscopy
DOROTA POWAŁA, ANDRZEJ ORZECHOWSKI and RAFAŁ BAZELA
• Obtaining a Correlation between Pressure Test Results of Small Caliber Ammunition According to Different Test Standards
R. RATROUT, H. AL-TA’AMNEH, S. AL MAJALI, I. RAWASHDEH, H. AL MASRI, A. ALDARADKEH, A. AL SARDYAH and S. OBEIDAT
• Modifying Small Caliber Interior Ballistics by Employing a Flash Tube
JOHN J. RITTER
• Ballistic Properties of Nitrocellulose based Propellants after Artificial Ageing
AGATA KAMIEŃSKA DUDA, PIOTR KASPRZAK and IZABELA MAZUR
• Optimizing the Form Function of Gun Propellants
STEN ANDREASSON
• Laboratory Tests of Pyrotechnic Delay Ignition used in the Rockets Motors
RADOSŁAW WARCHOŁ and MARCIN NITA
• Developments in Additive Manufacturing of Energetic Materials at TNO
CHRIS VAN DRIEL, MICHIEL STRAATHOF and JOOST VAN LINGEN
• Testing of Homogeneous Rocket Propellants by the Use of Real Time Roentgenoscopy
MARCIN NITA, RADOSŁAW WARCHOŁ and JACEK BORKOWSKI
• Skin-Core Structure Gun Propellants with High Combustion Progressivity
WEITAO YANG, CANQI XU, YUCHENG ZHANG, JIANXING YANG and BO LIU
• Study on the Performance of a New Propellant
BO LIU, QIONGLIN WANG, SHAOWU LIU, YUCHENG ZHANG and WEITAO YANG
• CFD Study of Seal Groove during the Mortar Interior Ballistic Process
CHENG CHENG and XIAOBING ZHANG
• Impact Disrupted Gunshot Residue: a Sub-Micron Analysis using a Novel Collection Protocol
VASSILIA SPATHIS
• Enhanced Propellant Performance via Environmentally Friendly Curable Surface Coating
THELMA MANNING, JEFFREY WYCKOFF, KENNETH KLINGAMAN, VIRAL PANCHAL, EUGENE ROZUMOV, JOHN BOLOGNINI, MING WANG YOUNG and SUBHASH PATEL
• Performance Predictions of Liquid Fuel Ramjet Combustor
M. SRINIVASA RAO, R. VIVEK, DARSHAN KUMAR TRIVEDI and SUNITA DEVI JENA
• Design of a Pulsed Solid Propellant Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS)
P. SUNITHA
• Performance Evaluation of Rocket Motor End Dish using Computed Tomography (CT)
C. MURALIDHAR, M.P. SUBRAMANIAN, V. RAVI SHANKAR and G. CHANDRASEKHAR

LAUNCH DYNAMICS

• Dynamic Analysis of Integrated Launch Package in the Barrel of Railgun
GANG WAN, QINGHUA LIN, YONG JIN, LONG LI and BAOMING LI
• Prediction of Real Gas and Non-Equilibrium Effects in the Gas Dynamics of Canister Launch Missile
R. SUDHAKAR, M. VENKANNA, B. V. PAPA RAO and TESSY THOMAS
• Effects of Sound Suppressors on Muzzle Velocity, Bullet Yaw and Drag
ELYA COURTNEY, ROY COUVILLION, AMY COURTNEY and MICHAEL COURTNEY
• Dynamic of Tubes Crossed by High Speed Projectiles, Influence of Tube and Weapon Geometry on Accuracy and Dispersion
OPHÉLIE CHEVALIER, MATHILDA LIENNARD, ANDRÉ LANGLET, YANN GUILMARD, MARCEL MANSION and PATRICE BAILLY
• Thermoelastic Analysis of Composite Railgun Housing under Rapid Fire
HONGCHENG XIAO, DONGMEI YIN, HAIYUAN LI and BAOMING LI
• Dynamic Model of Rifle Bullets in Muzzle Flow
CHUANLIN CHEN, CHENLEI HUANG, XIANGXIANG ZHOU and ZHILIN WU
• Dispersion Sensitivity Analysis & Consistency Improvement of APFSDS
SANGEETA SHARMA PANDA, L. K. GITE, A. ANANDARAJ, D. K. JOSHI and K. M. RAJAN
• Medium Caliber Sabot for Efficient Use of Polymer Materials with Pressure Dependent Yield Strength
MICHAEL A. MINNICINO
• Sabot Discard: Effect of Scoop Shape
SUKRATU BARVE
• A Novel Electromagnetic Launching Assisted Bore Ram Accelerator and its Potential Applications
BAOMING LI, LONG LI, HAIYUAN LI, YAOHUI CHEN, BO TANG and HONGZHI LI
• Numerical Investigation on Influence of Precursor Flow on Combustion in Muzzle Flows
QIONGYAO QIN and XIAOBING ZHANG
• Numerical Simulation of the Muzzle Flowfield of Embedded Aircraft Gun
GUO ZEQING, QIAO HAITAO, JIANG XIAOHAI and WANG YANG
• Influence of the Obturator Breakage on the Sabot Separation of an APFSDS Round
NICOLAS ECHES
• Investigation of the In-Bore Structural Integrity of a Kinetic Energy Projectile
P. S. PATIL, KAMLESH KUMAR, S. HARIKRISHNAN, BORA MURALIDHAR, R. D. MISAL and K. M. RAJAN
• Intermediate Ballistics Modelling including Muzzle Brake
OSKAR PARMHED and NIKLAS WIKSTRÖM
• Euler Computations of the Direct Coupling between Interior, Intermediate and Exterior Ballistics of a Self-Propelled 155 mm/52-calibre Gun-Howitzer Installed on a Truck Chassis
MICKAEL ZEIDLER, ERIC CARETTE, GUILLAUME ORSAT, THIERRY ALZIARY DE ROQUEFORT, CAROLINE MORITZ, LAMBERT SABATIER and ANTHONY BUFALO
• Coupling Vibration Model of In-Bore Balloting
SATORU SHOJI
• The Characteristics of Man-Rifle Interaction in the Entire Process of Rifle Fire
WEI ZHANG, YA-PING WANG and CHENG XU

VULNERABILITY AND SURVIVABILITY

• Victim’s Posture and Protective Clothing Changes the Approach in an Edged-Weapon Attack
DEBRA CARR, PETER MAHONEY, KRISHNA GODHANIA and CHRISTOPHER MALBON
• The Influence of Soil Temperature on Blast Intensity of Buried Explosive Charges
ZVI ASAF, ODED DRORI, DMITRY NARODITSKY, URI SOLOMON, MOSHE RAVID and NIMI SHAPIRA
• Determination of the Iso-Damage Curve of Different Types of Components against Blast Wave
DENIS LERICHE
• Clear Ballistics Gel®: High Speed Retarding Force Analysis of Paraffin-Based Alternative to Gelatin-based Testing of Lead-Free Pistol Bullets
ELIJAH COURTNEY, AMY COURTNEY, LUBOV ANDRUSIV and MICHAEL COURTNEY
• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Fiber-Based Ballistic Protection Materials
MARCIN CEGŁA, WIESŁAW HABAJ, MIKOŁAJ BOGAJCZYK and PAWEŁ PODGÓRZAK
• Selected Issues of Lightweight Bulletproof Vests Design and Testing
MIKOŁAJ BOGAJCZYK, MARCIN CEGŁA, WIESŁAW HABAJ and PAWEŁ PODGÓRZAK
• The Effect of Clothing on Gunshot Wounds in Gelatine: the Naked Truth
TOM STEVENSON, DEBRA CARR and SARAH STAPLEY
• The Protective Performance of Selected UK Police Body Armor Challenged by m75 Grenades
KEITH CAHILL, MICHAEL BOOTH, JAMIE MERCER, ANMAR SABHA, DEBRA CARR and CHRISTOPHER MALBON
• An Investigation into the Blast Effects on Civilian Personnel Protective Armour
R. CRITCHLEY, R. PINTO and C. MALBON
• The Influence of Wind on Gunshot Localization Accuracy
L. KOENE, N. VETSUYPENS and H. NIKOOKAR
• A New Model for Experimental Modeling of High-Explosive Warheads
CÉDRIC ARCHAMBAUD
• Study on the Adaptability of Insensitive Explosives in Shaped Charge
JI LONG, YU RUI, WANG PING and WANG GONG-CHEN
• Projection Criteria for Insensitive Munitions and Hazard Classification
MARTIJN M. VAN DER VOORT, ERNEST L. BAKER, EMMANUEL SCHULTZ and MICHAEL W. SHARP
• Assessment of Rate Dysfunction of Statistical Armour against RPG-7 Family Threat
TOMMY CHEVALIER, CHRISTOPHE LAPOTRE, J-M SIMONETI and GRÉGOIRE GUICHARD
• Research on Ground Target Recognition Algorithm based on Multiple Column Array Laser Radar
JUNAN WU, RUI GUO, RONGZHONG LIU and LIANG CHEN
• Controlling the Fragment Dispersion for a Fragmentation Warhead and its Effect on Lethality
H. EMRAH KONOKMAN and LATIF KESEMEN
• Investigating Potential Solutions to Increase the Ballistic Protection of Structural Weak Areas in Armored Vehicles/KADDB Experience
R. RATROUT, H. AL-TA’AMNEH, S. AL MAJALI, I. RAWASHDEH, H. AL MASRI, A. ALDARADKEH, A. AL SARDYAH and S. OBEIDAT
• Behind Armor Blunt Trauma: Recreation of Field Cases for the Assessment of Backface Signature Testing
C. BIR, R. LANCE, S. STOJSIH-SHERMAN and J. CAVANAUGH
• Assessment of the Possibility to Use X-Ray Diagnostic Systems – Electron Linear Accelerator and the MU17F 225-9 System in Non-Destructive Ammunition Tests of Ammunition
RADOSŁAW WARCHOŁ, MARCIN NITA and PIOTR KASPRZAK
• Comparing the Backface Deformation Behavior between Soft and Hard Body Armors
KARIN A. RAFAELS, KATHRYN L. LOFTIS, NITIN M. MOHOLKAR and CYNTHIA A. BIR
• The Effects of Composite Sandwich Plate on Explosive Charge by Fragment Impact
FANG WANG, YING LU, BIANXIAO BING, GUANGYAN HUANG and SHUN-SHAN FENG
• Effect of Blast Mitigation from Multiple Fluid Containers
ERIC CHENGCHOU YANG and HUON BORNSTEIN
• A Methodology for Structural and Component Damage Assessment of Building Targets
HO S. KIM and JONGYIL PARK
• Study on the Influence of Temperature Rise in Penetration of Anti-Ship Warhead on Charge Stability
BAOHUA LI, GUANGJIA LI and YIDONG JING

VOLUME 2

EXPLOSIVE MECHANICS

• Research on Sectional Type Horizontal Cutting Interception Warhead
YIN-LIANG LI JIAN-WEI LI and QING-YUN XUE
• Effect of an Explosive Charge with a Shell Close to a Metallic Plate
DENIS LERICHE
• Determination of the JWL Coefficients of the Hexomax Explosive
DENIS LERICHE, GUILLAUME ZANIOLO, GÉRARD BAUDIN, MARC GENETIER and ANTOINE OSMONT
• Numerical Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Two Types of Shaped Charge Comprised of Reactive Material Liner
XIN CHUN-LIANG, SHAN YU, TU JIAN, LI TONG and LIU SI-WEN
• Effects of Multi-Point Initiation Control Parameters on Mach Wave Overpressure
RUI LI, WEI-BING LI, XIAO-MING WANG, WEN-BIN LI and XIAO-WEN HONG
• Influences of the Embedded Structure on the EFP Formation in the Compact Terminal Sensitive Projectile
XING BOYANG, LIU RONGZHONG, GUO RUI, CHEN LIANG, ZHOU HAO, YANG YONGLIANG and LIU LEI
• Study of Bonded Flake Structure in Explosively Formed Projectile with Fins
LIWEI ZANG, BIN QIN and SHUANGPING WANG
• Quantification of Mechanisms for Blast Mitigation with Water-Filled Containers
HUON BORNSTEIN, SHANNON RYAN and ADRIAN P. MOURITZ
• Accuracy of Empirical Gurney Velocity Prediction Models
PAUL M. LOCKING
• Numerical Simulation on Forming of Triple-Layer Tandem EFP
JIANPING YIN, JIE CHEN, YANGYANG HAN, CHENGBIAO DOU and JIANYA YI
• Study on Penetration Performance and Distribution Characters of Multi-Explosively Formed Projectiles
MING-YANG CAO, JIN-XIANG WANG, CHUN-JIE HAO, KUI TANG, RUIYUAN HUANG and NAN ZHOU
• Effectiveness of PG-7 Grenade after Passing through the Net-Armor-Numerical Analysis
PAWEL ZOCHOWSKI
• Study on Interference of Explosive Reaction Armor to EFPS with Different Calibers
YUAN NIE, JIANWEI JIANG, JIANBING MEN, SHOUYOU WANG and MEI LI
• Study on Shock Initiation of Cylindrical-Shell Charge Impacted by Spherical Fragment
XIN WANG, JIAN-WEI JIANG, SHU-YOU WANG, JIAN-BING MEN and MEI LI
• Study on Penetration of High-Polymer Shaped Charge Jets
JIAN-YA YI, ZHI-JUN WANG, JIAN-PING YIN, BIAN-HONG CHANG and YONG-JIE XU
• Determination of JWL Equation of State Parameters of Explosives using Cylinder Expansion Test
TUĞBERK INCEKÜRK and EMIR TOPKARAOĞLU
• Flight and Penetration Characteristics of Explosively Formed Penetrators
Y.S. YI and H.J. KIM
• Experimental Research on the Influence of the Equivalence Ratio and Operating Frequency on the APDE
YANBIN HU, CHUNSHENG WENG and QIAODONG BAI
• Laboratory Setback Activator Tests for Gun Launch Explosive Suitability
ERNEST L. BAKER, MICHAEL W. SHARP, EMMANUEL SCHULTZ and MARTIN POPE
• Three-Dimensional Numerical Research on the External Flow Field of Three-Tube Pulse Detonation Engines
FANG WANG and CHUNSHENG WENG
• Effect of Initiation Configuration on Blast Performance of Cylindrical Explosive Charge―an Experimental Investigation
S. HARIKRISHNAN, KAMLESH KUMAR and K.P.S. MURTHY
• Investigation on the Formation Mechanism of Natural Fragments of Improvised Explosive Device
NAN ZHOU, WULONG FAN, JIFENG ZHANG, KUI TANG and SONGZE TANG
• Measurement of the Spatial Specific Impulse Distribution due to Buried High Explosive Charge Detonation
V. DENEFELD, N. HEIDER and A. HOLZWARTH
• Comparison of 3D Simulations with Data for the Interaction of an Array of Linear Shaped Charges against a Complex Target Configuration
KIRSTEN HOWLEY, DENNIS BAUM, DOUGLAS FAUX, DOUGLAS DOBIE, ROBERT MAILHOT, GREGORY SCHEBLER and MARK BRINSDEN
• Characterization of a Linear Shaped Charge with Increased Standoff Capability
DENNIS BAUM, KIRSTEN HOWLEY, DOUG DOBIE, RUBEN GUZMAN, GREG SCHEBLER, DOUG FAUX, ROB MAILHOT and MARK BRINSDEN
• Parametric Study of Exploding Foil Burst Phenomenon for Thin Flyer Impact Initiation of Explosives
PAL DINESH KUMAR BALKISHAN, SHALLU GUPTA, SANDEEP SHARMA and ARUN AGARWAL
• Influence of the Embedded Structure on the EFP Formation of Compact Terminal Sensitive Projectile
XING BOYANG, LIU RONGZHONG, GUO RUI, CHEN LIANG, ZHOU HAO, YANG YONGLIANG and LIU LEI
• Tubular and Reconstituted Jets using Annular Shaped Charge Liners
FRED GRACE and MICHAEL BARNARD
• Study on Formation and Penetration of Shaped Charge with Liner Vertex Initiation
SHUAI CHEN, WEI-BING LI, XIAO-MING WANG, WEN-JIN YAO and HUAN ZHOU
• Experimental and Numerical Study of the Fragmentation of Warhead Casings
ALEKSANDRA GORSKA, PAWEL ZOCHOWSKI and MARIUSZ ZIELENKIEWICZ
• Role of Dispersion Model in Predicting Spatial Distribution of Fragmentation Warhead
K.D. DHOTE
• Micro Disruption Device
FABIEN RONDOT
• Viscoelastic Constitutive Model with Damages of Polymer-Bonded Explosives
XINYU ZHANG and YANQING WU
• Integration of an Over-Fly Top Attack Shaped Charge Jet within a Kinetic Energy Penetrator for Enhanced Multiple-Effects
BARRY STEWART and IAN LEWTAS
• Analysis of Several Numerical Schemes for the Characterization of Solid Propellant Combustion
C. LOPEZ-MUNOZ, J.R. GARCÍA-CASCALES, F.J.S. VELASCO, J. SERNA, A. LÓPEZ-BELCHÍ, R.A. OTÓN-MARTÍNEZ, F. REY, R. MUR, D. MORATILLA-FERNÁNDEZ and R.A. GONZALO-UGARTE
• Modeling of Thermal Reactions and Associated Events
MARKUS GRASWALD
• Investigation of Interior Ballistic Initial Conditions in ALE3D for Blast Overpressure Analyses
ROBERT A. CARSON and DAVID MARSHALL
• Projectile Formation of Tantalum EFP Liner Fabricated by Thermo-Mechanical Processes
SEONG LEE, SEONGHO YANG and SUNG HO LEE
• Scaled Demonstration of a Momentum Cancelling Active Blast Mitigation Concept
ELSMARI WIUM, FREDERIK J. MOSTERT, IZAK M. SNYMAN and TLEYANE J. SONO
• Modeling Fragmentation Performance of Large L/D (Length over Diameter) Explosively Driven Metal Shells
VLADIMIR GOLD
• Shock Compression Properties Theoretical Calculation of MESMS with the Effect of Thermal Motion of Electrons
YUAN HE, CHUANTING WANG, YONG HE, XU-CHAO PAN, LEI GUO and XIANG-LI YANG
• Statistical Variations in Blast Loads from Buried Explosives
JAMES D. WALKER, DONALD J. GROSCH, THOMAS Z. MOORE, MATT GRIMM and SIDNEY CHOCRON
• Numerical Simulation Research on the Effect of Radial Rotation on the Formation of Explosive Forming Projectile
XUCHAO PAN, YONG HE, LEI GUO, XUN HE, YUAN HE, JUNJIE JIAO and CHUANTING WANG
• Analysis of Staircase Reliability Tests with Least Square Method
ALEX ZLATKIS and SHIMON SHMULMAN
• Air Blast from a Moving Charge on a Moving Target
MEIR MAYSELESS and ELI BAR-ON
• A Computational Framework for the Design and Optimization of Explosives
LOGAN BEAVER, JOHN BORG and GEREMY KLEISER
• Using Nickel-Tungsten Alloys to Produce Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator (MEFP) Warheads
ROBERT P. KOCH, JEREMY SNYDER, RICHARD FONG, PAUL REDNER, RAJENDRA SADANGI and DEEPAK KAPOOR
• Exploring the V2D Initiation Criterion within the Lee-Tarver Model 1804
ROY CEDER, VITALY LEUS and ITZHAK DAVID
• The Mechanism of Variable Thickness Conical Shell Fragments’ Fracture Modes and Morphological Characteristics
ZHIBIAO ZHANG and YUSHI WANG
• Analysis of the Effect of the Altitude of the Damage Effect of Plates Subjected to Explosion Blast Wave
YI-DONG JING, LI-XIA WANG, GANG LI, PENG LI and XIN-LIAN REN

TERMINAL BALLISTICS

• Fast Running Methods for Penetration Processes in Masonry Materials
HEINRICH DORSCH, ALBRECHT BONGARTZ and HARALD VOIT
• An Investigation of Armor Bolt Failure due to Ballistic Events
SHAWN KLANN, SIDNEY CHOCRON, A.J. CARPENTER and N.L. SCOTT
• Numerical Analysis of Rifle Bullet Impact Armor Covered Human Torso
LI MA, YAOKE WEN, JUNBIN ZHANG, CHENG XU
• On the Ultimate Potential of High Strength Polymeric Fibers to Reduce Armor Weight
HARM VAN DER WERFF, ULRICH HEISSERER, BETTY COUSSENS, ROMAN STEPANYAN, WERNER RIEDEL and TORSTEN LAESSIG
• Structure Optimization of Projectile during Highspeed Normal Penetrating Considering Bending Failure
CHENG WU, XIAO-JUN SHEN, XIAO-MING WANG, WEI-BING LI and YU ZHENG
• Numerical Analysis of Penetration Reduction of a Long Rod Penetrator Impacted by a Linear Explosively Formed Penetrator
JAEHYUN JOO, JOONHONG CHOI, MANHOI KOO, JEONGTAE KIM and DONGKYU KIM
• Ballistic Performance of Ceramic Targets against 25mm APDS-T Projectile
• WEISS, A. BORENSTEIN, G. BEN-MELECH STAN, M. RAVID and N. SHAPIRA
• Bullet Penetration into Wooden Targets
L. KOENE and F.R. BROEKHUIS
• On Temperatures in Shaped-Charge Jet Penetration
WILLIAM J. FLIS
• Analysis of Temperature Rise on the Projectiles’ Surface including the Mass Abrasion Effect
LEI GUO, YONG HE, XUCHAO PAN, YUAN HE, CHUANTING WANG and JUNJIE JIAO
• Multi-Scale Experiments on Soft Body Armors under Projectile Normal Impact
ZHERUI GUO, MATTHEW HUDSPETH, SUZANNE HORNER, J.Q. ZHENG and WEINONG CHEN
• Study of High-Speed Aluminum Rod Non-Destructive Recovery Device
QING FANG and LEI MAO
• Comparison of Numerical Modeling of Penetration of a Capped Projectile with a Windscreen into Special Treatment Steel with Traditional Formulae
DONALD E. CARLUCCI, STEPHEN S. RECCHIA, MARK SPROUL, RAYMOND CHAPLIN and NATHAN OKUN
• Experiment Study on Anti-Penetration Peformance of Liquid Composite Armor to Shapedcharged Jet
TAN YA-PING, HUANG ZHENG-XIANG, JIA XIN, LIU BIN and WANG JUN-HONG
• New Approaches to Modeling and Simulation of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
ARASH RAMEZANI, DANIEL HUBER and HENDRIK ROTHE
• Research on Armor Debris Cloud Characteristics of Shaped Charge Jet Penetrating Target Vertically
ZU XU-DONG, HUANG ZHENG-XIANG, TAN YA-PING, YAO CHI, JIANG QI
• Research of Wave Interaction for Multiple Jet Penetration into Concrete
XIAO QIANG-QIANG, HUANG ZHENG-XIANG, TAN YA-PING, ZU XU-DONG and JIA XIN
• Deceleration-Time Data for the Verification of Calculation Models of the Penetration with Erosion in Target
MIKHAIL SOTSKIY and VLADISLAV VELDANOV
• Investigating the Mechanical Properties of Rheological Materials for Flexible Body Armour
DAWID PACEK
• A Fast Running Model for IED Disruption
R POTTER, K PRITCHETT, R TURNER, D HILLS and D KIRKPATRICK
• Extended Abstract – Comparison of Backing Materials used in the Testing of Ballistic Body Armour
MALBON and D. J. CARR
• Comparison of the DM11A1B2 9mm Luger FMJ Bullet from Two Different Manufacturers
MALBON, S. O’ROURKE and I. HORSFALL
• Numerical Analysis of Behavior of the Nanostructured Bainitic Steel used in Armor
ADAM WISNIEWSKI, KAROL JACH, ROBERT SWIERCZYNSKI, TADEUSZ NIEZGODA and PAWEL ZOCHOWSKI
• Measurement of Bullet Impact Conditions using Automated In-Flight Photography System
RYAN DECKER, MARCO DUCA and SHAWN SPICKERT-FULTON
• The Analysis of the Possibility of the Use of Composites Panels with Graphene as Protective Layers
ADAM WISNIEWSKI and ANNA SALACINSKA
• Spall and Fracture in 3D Simulations of Penetration Tests into Al7075 Plates
LEONID GLIKIN and ZVI ROSENBERG
• Application of the RHT Concrete Model for Predictive Simulations of the Penetration into Adobe Targets
CHRISTOPH SAUER, ANDREAS HEINE, WERNER RIEDEL and MATTHIAS WICKERT
• High Strain Rate Deformation of W-Ni-Fe Alloys
HAKAN HAFIZOĞLU, LATIF KESEMEN, SALIH SARAN and NURI DURLU
• Flexible Bulletproof Armor with Modular Interlayer
DAWID PACEK
• Experimental High Velocity Impacts through Float Glass and Pyrex® Plates
FABRICE GILLOT and DENIS COUNILH
• Reliability Analysis of Long-Rod Penetration using the Walker-Anderson Penetration Model
IN-HAN GA
• Extended Investigation of the Dwell Effect for an Unconfined Silicon Carbide Ceramic against Tungsten-Heavy-Alloy Rods
THILO BEHNER, ANDREAS HEINE and MATTHIAS WICKERT
• Effects of Lateral Edges in RHA and Ceramic on the Ballistic Performance against Tungsten Alloy Projectile 2148
CHANGWOOK KIM, CHEOLSOO KIM and MAN-HOI KOO
• Numerical Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Novel Ballistic Helmet Concept
AZEVEDO, A. MIRANDA-VICARIO, F. COGHE and F. TEIXEIRA-DIAS
• Ballistic Performance Prediction for SC Jets
THOMAS HARTMANN, ERNST ROTTENKOLBER, WERNER ARNOLD
• Simulation Study on Effects of Cap on Armor-Piercing Performance of Nose-Cone-Head Projectile Penetrating Multi-Interval-Layer Steel Target
JUN-CHENG LI, GONG-JIE NIU, FENG-LEI HUANG, YONG-GANG LU, CHUN-XIANG YU and LI-XIN
• The Design of the Multi-Layer Hybrid Armor System using Mg Alloy, Ceramic, and Composite Material for Minimum Weight
GUN-IN KIM, JONG-GU LEE, KANG PARK and JAIJEONG PYUN
• Study on Lethality Effect of Different Quality of Little Fragment to the Personnel Target
WENMIN YAN, YONGXI JIN, WEI WEI and QIU ZHENG
• Research on Kinetic Characteristic and Dynamic Simulation of Direction Controllable Active Electromagnetic Armor
XIN JIA, ZHENG-XIANG HUANG, DE-SHUAI YIN, YU-TING WANG and JIA-SHI ZHANG
• Study on the Performance of Ceramic Composite Projectile Penetrating into Ceramic Composite Target
RONGCHENG YI, LIKUI YIN, JIANRU WANG, ZHIGANG CHEN and DIQI HU
• An Accurate Eulerian Simulation of Shaped-Charger and Explosively Formed Projectile
Y-H. YOO, Y-S. YI and M. LEE
• Effect of Fragment Shape on the Impact Damage of Carbon/Aluminum Laminated Shell Structure
MING-MING XU, GUANG-YAN HUANG, YONG-XIANG DONG and SHUN-SHAN FENG
• Penetration Mechanisms of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Reinforced Laminates by a Conical Projectile Laminated Shell Structure
WEI ZHU, GUANG-YAN HUANG, YONG-XIANG DONG and SHUN-SHAN FENG
• Experimental Study on the Penetration Effect of Ceramics Composite Projectile on Ceramic/A3 Steel Compound Targets
DIQI HU, JIANRU WANG, LIKUI YIN, ZHIGANG CHEN, RONGCHENG YI and CHENGHUA LU
• Numerical Study of High-Density Titanium Alloy Shaped Charge Jet Penetration into Concrete
ZHU QI-FENG, HUANG ZHENG-XIANG, ZHU CHUAN-SHENG, YAO BIN, JIANG QI and YIN DE-SHUAI
• Mesoscale and Continuum Modeling of Ballistic Impact on s-2 glass/sc-15 Epoxy Composite Panels
ALEXANDER J. CARPENTER, SIDNEY CHOCRON and CHARLES E. ANDERSON, JR.
• Experimental and Numerical Results of High-Speed Penetration of Projectiles
• with Concrete and Soil
V.A. VELDANOV, V.S. KOZLOV, N.A. KUDYUKOV, M.YU. SOTSKIY and G.YA. SHASHNIKOV
• The Development of a Bullet Simulating Projectile for Body Armor Testing
GEORGIOS KECHAGIADAKIS, FREDERIK COGHE and LIONEL GILSON
• Numerical Investigations on Ricochet of a Spinstabilised Projectile on Differently Shaped Target Surfaces
MARINA SEIDL, THOMAS WOLF and RAINER NUESING
• The Influence of Edge Effects on the Ballistic Performance of Transparent Armor
ELDAD SHEMER, ZVIKA BAR, ITAY DYAMANT and ELI SAFRAI
• Development and Application of Model for Adobe to Penetration in Adobe Targets
PHIL CHURCH, PETER FRANKL, BARRY STEWART, PETER GOULD, ANDY BARR and CHRIS BRAITHWAITE
• Estimation of the Bullet Depth of Penetration based on the Numerical Integration of Stochastic Differential Equation
BEYA TAHENTI, FREDERIK COGHE, RACHID NASRI and BEN LAUWENS
• Penetration Performance of Ultrafine-Grained Copper Shaped Charge Liner
SUNG HO LEE, SEONG LEE, SEONGHO YANG, HAKJUN KIM and LEE JU PARK
• Medium-Weight Combat Vehicles Mine Protection Development Methodology
M. GABAI, S. HAYOUN, Z. ASAF, I. KATLAN and A. NEUBERGER
• Protection Capabilities of HHA and UHA Steels against Long-Rod Kinetic Energy Penetrators
PATRICK FRUEH, ANDREAS HEINE, WERNER RIEDEL and MATTHIAS WICKERT
• Design of Blast Resistant Litter Bins
STANISLAV ROLC, JAN KRESTAN, JOSEF KRATKY and JAROSLAV BUCHAR
• Reactive Panels with Non-Metallic Cover Plates
EWA LIDÉN, ANDREAS HELTE and THOMAS ERIKSSON
• Parametric Design of a Muzzle Brake by Computational Fluid Dynamics to Reduce Crew Noise Exposure during Training
JAMIE TOLHURST
• Experimentation using Hot and Cold Steel Plate Targets against 7.62mm Ammunition
N. J. LYNCH, P. PITCHER, D. PATTEN, A. COOK and C. GIRDLESTONE
• A Preliminary Study in the Variables of Thoracic Ballistic Trauma
AMY PULLEN, SAMANTHA RODRIGUES, BRIAN SHAW and DAVID KIESER
• Ballistic Performance of Reground Resin in Extruded Polycarbonate Plates
TIMOTHY TALLADAY
• A Note on the Dynamic Spherical Cavity Expansion of Concrete with Liquid Constitutive Model
JIE WANG, HAI-JUN WU, AI-GUO PI, JIN-ZHU LI and FENG-LEI HUANG
• Aluminium Block against Oblique Penetration of Tungsten Alloy Long Rod
J. YUAN, W. L. GOH, Y. ZHENG, B. LUO, and Z. ZENG
• The 9×19 mm Ammunition Rebound Phenomenon
PRZEMYSLAW SIDELNIK
• Transferring a Hydrocode based Blast Wave Propagation to an Automotive Industry Standard Finite Element Code to Simulate Non-Military Armored Vehicles
DANIEL HUBER and ARASH RAMEZANI
• Numerical Simulation of Penetration Resistance of Ceramic Composite Target
XINGYONG GAO, TEJAS PANDYA and XUDONG ZHAO
• Modeling the Effect of Initial Disturbances when a Bullet Impact in Gelatin
THOMAS ERIKSSON and PATRIK LUNDBERG
• A Potential Methodology for Evaluating Ceramic Quality
MATTHEW S. BURKINS, DONALD J. LITTLE and MELISSA S. LOVE
• Experimental Round Robin for Predicting Electronic Component Response from High-G Loads
JANET WOLFSON, JACOB DODSON, HAYLEY CHOW, JONATHAN HONG, and ALAIN BELIVEAU
• Damage Effect and Parametric Sensitivity Research of Different Aggregate Composite Target Subjected to Projectile Penetration
LIANG BIN, JIEQUN ZHOU, YONGGANG LU and GAOPENG FENG
• A Consistent Framework for the Assessment of Angled Penetration
WILLIAM JAMES MCGEEHIN, JAMES ROBERT BURGE, JIM DUNNETT and PAUL MACDONALD
• Design of a Pulsed Solid Propellant Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS)
P SUNITHA, T VIKRAM, K MADHUMURTHY, V V RAO and Y SREENIVAS RAO
• Material Characterization of Ballistic Roma Plastilina No. 1 Clay
TIMOTHY G. ZHANG, JULIANA IVANCIK, RANDY A MROZEK and SIKHANDA S. SATAPATHY
• Ballistic Impact of 5.56 mm Small Arms Projectiles on Steel
S.V. GADE, AISHWARYA DIXIT, S. AHMAD and N.K. GUPTA

OTHERS

• Research on Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Silicon Rubber under Different Temperatures
MIN JIAO, MINGFENG TANG, HE YANG and LINGANG LAN
• Method for Non-Destructive Characterization of Projectiles and Cartridge Cases
LARRY M. TICHAUER
• Delay Compensation in HILS of Aerospace Systems
SANHITH RAO, P. SREEHARI RAO and L. SOBHAN KUMAR
• Fast-Running Model Enhancements for Predicting Damage Scenes from Synergistic Effects of Multiple Penetrator Impacts
DAVID C. ELLIOTT, DANIEL G. HYAMS, ALLISON CASH, GRAHAM KILLOUGH and ANDREW WITZIG
• Influence of Thickness/Diameter Ratio on Strain Hardening Behavior of High Molecular Weight Polyethylene after Dynamical Compressive Tests using Hopkinson Pressure Bar
RAFAEL R. DIAS, SÂMARA D. SOUZA, PATRÍCIA S. O. PATRICIO and IACI M. PEREIRA
• Predicting the Rupture of Composite Plates following a Hypervelocity Impact
WILLIAM P. SCHONBERG
• Numerical Analysis of Ceramic Composite Armour Subjected to Ballistic Impact
DEVON DOWNES and MANOUCHEHR NEJAD ENSAN

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