Review of hypervelocity penetration theories

Explosives with Lined Cavities

Garrett Birkhoff, Duncan P. MacDougall, Emerson M. Pugh et al. · Journal of Applied Physics · 1948 · 643 citations

Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering +17

A theory for the deceleration of long rods after impact

Atsushi Tate · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1967 · 500 citations

Engineering, Impact (Mechanics), Structural Crashworthiness +8

Penetration of a rod into a target at high velocity

V. P. Alekseevskiǐ · Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves · 1969 · 302 citations

Engineering, Impact (Mechanics), Mechanics +4

Meteorites and space travel.

Fred L. Whipple · The Astronomical Journal · 1947 · 291 citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Space Travel +11

Further results in the theory of long rod penetration∗

Atsushi Tate · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1969 · 213 citations

Engineering, Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering +7