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Plate impact and perforation by projectiles

Investigation is concerned with examination of the normal elastic impact and perforation at minimal velocities of thin, aluminum plates due to flat-faced cylindrical and conically headed strikers composed of a plastic and hard steel, respectively

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T. W. Liu (deceased) was Research Assistant

A portion of this work formed a part of a thesis submitted to the University of California, Berkeley, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree.

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Goldsmith, W., Liu, T.W. & Chulay, S. Plate impact and perforation by projectiles. Experimental Mechanics 5, 385–404 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327429

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