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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 under impulsive loading conditions. The second chapter covers essential features of the codes which are used for terminal ballistics such as the Euler vs. Lagrange schemes and meshing techniques, as well as the most popular material models. The third chapter, devoted to the penetration mechanics of rigid penetrators, brings the update of modeling in this field. The fourth chapter deals with plate perforation and the fifth chapter deals with the penetration mechanics of shaped charge jets and eroding long rods. The last two chapters discuss several techniques for the disruption and defeating of the main threats in armor design. Throughout the book the authors demonstrate the advantages of numerical simulations in understanding the basic physics behind the investigated phenomena.

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This book comprehensively discusses essential aspects of terminal ballistics, combining experimental data, numerical simulations and analytical modeling. This new, 3rd edition reflects a number of recent advances in materials science, such as the use of polyurea layers on metallic plates in order to improve their ballistics. In addition, more data and analyses are now available on dwell and interface defeat in ceramic tiles coated with polymers, and are presented here. Lastly, the new edition includes new results, numerical and empirical, concerning the DIF issue in brittle solids, as well as the “upturn” phenomenon in the stress–strain curves of ductile solids.The author also added a new analysis of concrete penetration experiments which accounts for the scaling issue in this field. This is a new,and important, addition which we are happy to announce. They also added some new insights into the interaction of EEP’s and FSP projectiles with metallic plates. Throughout the book, the authors demonstrate the advantages of the simulation approach in terms of understanding the basic physics behind the phenomena investigated, making it a must-read for all professionals who need to understand terminal ballistics.

Ballistics. --- Penetration mechanics. --- Shock (Mechanics) --- Mathematical models. --- Mechanical shock --- Damping (Mechanics) --- Impact --- Mechanics --- Strains and stresses --- Vibration --- Ballistics --- Fracture mechanics --- Mechanics, Applied --- Physics --- Gunnery --- Penetration mechanics --- Projectiles --- Mechanics. --- Structural materials. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- System safety. --- Engineering design. --- Metals. --- Classical Mechanics. --- Structural Materials. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Security Science and Technology. --- Engineering Design. --- Metallic Materials. --- Metallic elements --- Chemical elements --- Ores --- Metallurgy --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Design --- Prevention --- Classical mechanics.

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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 the following features: new figures to better illustrate the problems discussed; improved explanations for the equation of state of a solid and for the cavity expansion process; new data concerning the Kolsky bar test; and a discussion of analytical modeling for the hole diameter in a thin metallic plate impacted by a shaped charge jet. The section on thick concrete targets penetrated by rigid projectiles has now been expanded to include the latest findings, and two new sections have been added: one on a novel approach to the perforation of thin concrete slabs, and one on testing the failure of thin metallic plates using a hydrodynamic ram.

Fluid mechanics --- Metals and their compounds --- Materials sciences --- Applied physical engineering --- Production management --- Metallurgy --- DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) --- materialen (technologie) --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- mechanica --- metalen

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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 under impulsive loading conditions. The second chapter covers essential features of the codes which are used for terminal ballistics such as the Euler vs. Lagrange schemes and meshing techniques, as well as the most popular material models. The third chapter, devoted to the penetration mechanics of rigid penetrators, brings the update of modeling in this field. The fourth chapter deals with plate perforation and the fifth chapter deals with the penetration mechanics of shaped charge jets and eroding long rods. The last two chapters discuss several techniques for the disruption and defeating of the main threats in armor design. Throughout the book the authors demonstrate the advantages of numerical simulations in understanding the basic physics behind the investigated phenomena.

Measuring methods in physics --- Fluid mechanics --- Chemical laboratory practice --- Materials sciences --- Production management --- procescontrole --- laboratoriuminstrumenten --- DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) --- meetkundige instrumenten --- mechanica --- micro-elektronica --- elektrische meettechniek