Models describing brittle materials for armour applications are, at present, semi-empirical. This is because not all the mechanisms operating during impact have been correctly identified and described. A series of experimental tools have been applied to the impact of soda-lime glass with the goal of identifying all of these mechanisms.
Origin
Royal Military College Science, Uk
Journal Title
Int J Impact Eng 32 2005 65-79
Sector
Special Glass
Class
S 3101