A method to determine the ballistic limits of shielded plates subjected to hypervelocity impact

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dc.contributor.advisorAngel, Y. C.en_US
dc.creatorWhitney, James Pliny, IIIen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:32:43Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:32:43Zen_US
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.description.abstractBallistic limit curves are determined by using experimental and theoretical results for the permanent deformation of a plate subjected to an impact load. The experiments have been performed on shielded plates of various thicknesses and materials at the Hypervelocity Impact Research Laboratory of NASA JSC. Comparison of the theoretical and experimental deformations allows one to determine the dynamic yield strength of the plate material. It is assumed that the shields can be replaced by a single equivalent shield, and that the debris cloud produced by the impact expands according to the theory of Swift. A strain criterion is imposed and ballistic limit equations describing the critical projectile radius and the critical backwall thickness are derived. The corresponding curves are plotted for the case of the most damaging impact conditions. Comparison is made with empirical limit curves that are available in the literature.en_US
dc.format.extent53 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis M.E. 1992 Whitneyen_US
dc.identifier.citationWhitney, James Pliny, III. "A method to determine the ballistic limits of shielded plates subjected to hypervelocity impact." (1992) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13659">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13659</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13659en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.titleA method to determine the ballistic limits of shielded plates subjected to hypervelocity impacten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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