American Society of Civil Engineers   by Pascal Forquin, (Asst.
Prof., LPMM, CNRS-UMR7554, Univ. Paul Verlaine, Ile du Saulcy,
F-57045 Metz Cedex 1, France; formerly, DGA/CTA-Dépt. MSP, 16
bis avenue Prieur de la Côte d’Or, F-94114 Arcueil Cedex,
France) and Francois Hild Hild, (corresponding author), (Res.
Prof., LMT-Cachan, ENS de Cachan, CNRS-UMR 8535, Univ. Paris 6,
61 Ave. du Président Wilson, F-94235 Cachan Cedex, France
E-mail:  Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 134, No. 4,
April 2008, pp. 302-315, (doi:       Access full text
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Document type: Journal Paper Abstract: To understand and model
damage generated during impact by a penetrator of ultrahigh
strength concrete targets, edge-on impact tests are performed
with Ductal concrete, which is unreinforced or reinforced with
short fibers. Two edge-on impact configurations are designed
with a dynamic confinement system. The first configuration uses
aluminum projectiles and allows us to study the d