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Preface
29th International Symposium on Ballistics, Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK, 9–13 May 2016
We are both delighted and excited that this is the second time terminal ballistics and impact physics, and vulnerability and
Defence Technology has published scientific papers presented at survivability.
an International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB). This particular The Special Issues were enabled by the good cooperation
issue publishes papers presented at the 29th ISB, co-chaired by between the IBS and the Defence Technology, and we would
Ian Cullis and Clive Woodley, QinetiQ, and supported by the like to thank the China Ordnance Society, the Editors and the
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA, www.ndia Editorial Office, Ms. LI Ying, Ms. MA Xin and Ms. ZHOU Li,
.org) under the auspices of the International Ballistics Society for their dedicated, hard and expeditious work in producing this
(IBS, www.ballistics.org). issue.
The ISB provides an opportunity for ballistics scientists, We hope you will find these papers stimulating and very
engineers, and others to report, share and discuss current interesting. Defence Technology provides an opportunity to
research and advances in ballistics and their visions for the develop an understanding of the entire realm of ballistic science
future. The symposium allows exposure to the most current outside of the reader’s specialist area. We therefore highly
state-of-the-art technology in ballistics, provides opportunities commend this issue of the journal to you.
for interactions with some of the world’s leading experts in the Previously published scientific volumes from the Interna-
field of ballistics technology, and offers the chance to present, tional Symposia on Ballistics:
exhibit, and share scientific research and development with an 26th ISB, Beijing, China J. Appl. Mechanics, 77(2010)5,
international group of professionals. September 2010
The Society encourages the presentation of a wide range of 26th ISB, Miami, FL, USA J. Appl. Mechanics, 78(2011)5,
papers at the ISB, from work in progress through to high quality September 2011
27th ISB, Freiburg i. B., Germany J. Appl. Mechanics, 80(2010)3,
scientific papers. Issues 2 and 3 of the journal include 29 of May 2013
these scientific papers, which have been rigorously peer- 28th ISB, Atlanta, GA, USA Defence Technology, 10(2014)2,
reviewed and approved according to the practices of the journal. June 2014
Issue 2 contains 20 of these papers; issue 3 contains the remain-
ing 9 papers. Dr. Clive Woodley
These papers comprise an extensive range of ballistic
International Ballistics Society, President
science areas covered by the symposium: interior ballistics,
launch dynamics, exterior ballistics, explosion mechanics,
Dr. Bo S.G. Janzon
SECRAB Security Research, Sweden,
Associate Editor-in-Chief
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