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ACRONI d.o.o. , Jasenice , Slovenia
ACRONI d.o.o. , Jasenice , Slovenia
ACRONI d.o.o. , Jasenice , Slovenia
ACRONI d.o.o. , Jasenice , Slovenia
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering , University of Ljubljana , Ljubljana , Slovenia
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana , Ljubljana , Slovenia
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering , University of Ljubljana , Ljubljana , Slovenia
Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia
Institute Kemal Kapetanovic, University of Zenica , Zenica , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Institute Kemal Kapetanovic, University of Zenica , Zenica , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Military Institute VTI , Beograd , Serbia
Institute of Metals and Technology , Ljubljana , Slovenia
PROTAC d.o.o. , Jasenice , Slovenia
In this work we studied the response of newly developed armored steel plates PROTAC 500 to the ballistic testing with armored piercing bullets with a core of tungsten carbide, charge 7.62 mm. Interactions between the bullets and the steel plate was investigated by standard metallographic and mechanical testing methods. We were interested in the geometric features of interaction, the phenomenon of adiabatic shear bands (ASB), cracks and local failure, local melting and interaction of the components and plate with metal balls fragments in the melt, rate of deformation and the steel hardening.
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