EXPLICIT DYNAMIC ANALYSIS BY A RIGID BODY-SPRING MODEL OF IMPACT LOADS OF ARTILLERY ON MIDDLE AGE FORTIFICATIONS

Explicit Dynamic Analysis by a Rigid Body-Spring Model of Impact Loads of Artillery on Middle Age Fortifications

The development of artillery in Europe at the end of the Middle Ages brought a necessary change in military architecture.This change was a radical rethinking of the entire geometry and architectural design of city walls which required an increase in thickness to resist Musical Instrument Amplifiers repeated artillery strikes.The damage due to the i

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