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Ballistics, 2nd Edition
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Ballistics, 2nd Edition

by Donald E. Carlucci, Sidney S. Jacobson
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
608 pages
21h 36m
English
CRC Press
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399Penetration Theories
15.3 Penetration and Perforation of Soils
In recent times, the penetration of soils has gained importance in the terminal ballistic
eld. Enemy strong points have been encountered below a soil layer. Land mines need to
be defeated below various types of soils as well. It is therefore necessary to determine the
penetration capabilities of projectiles into soils with the intention of defeating a buried
target.
As a reasonable approach to determine soil penetration, we shall use the method of
Forrestal and Luk [8]. While other approaches exist, this rather simple procedure is excel-
lent for introducing the physics of the probl ...
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