Front Cover -- The Science of Armour Materials -- Related titles -- The Science of Armour Materials -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Preface -- Forethought -- 1 - Introduction to armour materials -- 1.1 The operational environment -- 1.2 The threat -- 1...

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1. Verfasser:	Crouch, Ian (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Amsterdam Woodhead Publishing [2017]
Schriftenreihe:	Woodhead Publishing in Materials
Schlagworte:	Electronic books
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Zusammenfassung:	Front Cover -- The Science of Armour Materials -- Related titles -- The Science of Armour Materials -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Preface -- Forethought -- 1 - Introduction to armour materials -- 1.1 The operational environment -- 1.2 The threat -- 1.2.1 Small arms ammunition -- 1.2.1.1 Handgun bullets -- 1.2.1.2 Rifle bullets -- High-velocity, lead-filled rounds -- High-velocity, cored rounds -- Armour-piercing rounds -- 1.2.2 High-velocity fragmentation -- 1.2.3 Stab and spike threats -- 1.2.4 Blast events and blast loadings 1.2.4.1 Air blast loading -- 1.2.4.2 Underbelly blast loading -- 1.2.4.3 Armour response -- 1.3 Terminal ballistics, impact dynamics and armour physics -- 1.4 Defeat mechanisms -- 1.5 Penetration mechanics and failure modes -- 1.5.1 Ductile hole formation -- 1.5.2 Plugging -- 1.5.3 Delamination -- 1.5.4 Discing -- 1.5.5 Conoidal fracture -- 1.5.6 Comminution -- 1.5.7 Radial cracking -- 1.5.8 Circumferential cracking -- 1.5.9 Spallation (including scabbing) -- 1.5.10 Fragmentation -- 1.6 Design of armour systems -- 1.6.1 Design of simple, elemental systems -- 1.6.2 Design of multilayered systems 1.6.3 The design process, design drivers and the role of mathematical modelling -- 1.6.4 Different armour systems for different applications -- 1.7 Revision of essential materials science -- 1.7.1 Metals -- 1.7.2 Polymers -- 1.7.3 Ceramics -- 1.7.4 Fibres and textiles -- 1.7.5 Structure-property-performance relationships -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 - Armour steels -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Brief history: from 'Little Willie' to 'Bushmaster' -- 2.1.2 Ferrous alloys generally (mild steels to cast irons) -- 2.2 Beneficial properties of armour steels -- 2.2.1 Microstructural aspects
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ISBN:	9780081007112