Crack propagation and damage evolution of metallic cylindrical shells under internal explosive loading

This paper investigates the three-dimensional crack propagation and damage evolution process of metallic column shells under internal explosive loading.The calibration of four typical failure parameters for 40CrMnSiB steel was conducted through experiments and subsequently applied to simulations.The numerical simulation results employing the four failure criteria were compared with the differences and similarities observed in freeze-recovery tests and ultra-high-speed tests.This analysis addressed the critical issue of determining failure criteria for the fracture of a metal shell under internal explosive loads.Building upon this foundation,the damage parameter D_(c),linked to the cumulative crack density,was defined based on the evolution characteristics of a substantial number of cracks.The relationship between the damage parameter and crack velocity over time was established,and the influence of the internal central pressure on the damage parameter and crack velocity was investigated.Variations in the fracture modes were found under different failure criteria,with the principal strain failure criterion proving to be the most effective for simulating 3D crack propagation in a pure shear fracture mode.Through statistical analysis of the shell penetration fracture radius data,it was determined that the fracture radius remained essentially constant during the crack evolution process and could be considered a constant.The propagation velocity of axial cracks ranged between 5300 m/s and 12600 m/s,surpassing the Rayleigh wave velocity of the shell material and decreasing linearly with time.The increase in shell damage exhibited an initial rapid phase,followed by deceleration,demonstrating accelerated damage during the propagation stage of the blast wave and decelerated damage after the arrival of the rarefaction wave.This study provides an effective approach for investigating crack propagation and damage evolution.The derived crack propagation and damage evolution law serves as a valuable reference for the development of crack velocity theory and the construction of shell damage evolution modes.

Study on energy release characteristics of reactive material casings under explosive loading

Reactive Materials(RMs),a new material with structural and energy release characteristics under shockinduced chemical reactions,are promising in extensive applications in national defense and military fields.They can increase the lethality of warheads due to their dual functionality.This paper focuses on the energy release characteristics of RM casings prepared by alloy melting and casting process under explosive loading.Explosion experiments of RM and conventional 2A12 aluminum alloy casings were conducted in free field to capture the explosive fireballs,temperature distribution,peak overpressure of the air shock wave and the fracture morphology of fragments of reactive material(RM)warhead casings by using high-speed camera,infrared thermal imager temperature and peak overpressure testing and scanning electron microscope.Results showed that an increase of both the fireball temperature and air shock wave were observed in all RM casings compared to conventional 2A12 aluminum ally casings.The RM casings can improve the peak overpressure of the air shock wave under explosion loading,though the results are different with different charge ratios.According to the energy release characteristics of the RM,increasing the thickness of RM casings will increase the peak overpressure of the near-field air shock wave,while reducing the thickness will increase the peak overpressure of the far-field air shock wave.

Fragment spatial distribution of prismatic casing under internal explosive loading

Non-cylindrical casings filled with explosives have undergone rapid development in warhead design and explosion control.The fragment spatial distribution of prismatic casings is more complex than that of traditional cylindrical casings.In this study,numerical and experimental investigations into the fragment spatial distribution of a prismatic casing were conducted.A new numerical method,which adds the Lagrangian marker points to the Eulerian grid,was proposed to track the multi-material interfaces and material dynamic fractures.Physical quantity mappings between the Lagrangian marker points and Eulerian grid were achieved by their topological relationship.Thereafter,the fragment spatial distributions of the prismatic casing with different fragment sizes,fragment shapes,and casing geometries were obtained using the numerical method.Moreover,fragment spatial distribution experiments were conducted on the prismatic casing with different fragment sizes and shapes,and the experimental data were compared with the numerical results.The effects of the fragment and casing geometry on the fragment spatial distributions were determined by analyzing the numerical results and experimental data.Finally,a formula including the casing geometry parameters was fitted to predict the fragment spatial distribution of the prismatic casing under internal explosive loading.

Numerical Simulation of Concrete Plate Damaged Under Explosive Loading

The grisliness after-effects can be induced by explosion accident with the collapsing of the structures, the demolishing of the equipments and the casualty of the human beings. Isolation belt constructed between the blast point and the construction is one of the useful design schemes for blast resistance. The nonlinear procedure ANSYS/LSDYNA970 is used to simulate the contact detonation and the isolation belt of blast resistance filled with the air or water respectively. The results indicate that the maximal damage can be caused by the contact detonation, and the isolation belt of blast resistent filled with water can reduce the damage greatly.

Application of high-pressure water jet technology and the theory of rock burst control in roadway

This paper puts forward using high-pressure water jet technology to control rock burst in roadway, and analyzes the theory of controlling rock burst in roadway by the weak structure zone model. The weak structure zone is formed by using high-pressure water jet to cut the coal wall in a continuous and rotational way. In order to study the influence law of weak structure zone in surrounding rock, this paper numerically analyzed the influence law of weak structure zone, and the disturbance law of coal wall and floor under dynamic and static combined load. The results show that when the distance between high-pressure water jet drillings is 3 m and the diameter of drilling is 300 mm, continuous stress superposition zone can be formed. The weak structure zone can transfer and reduce the concentrated static load in surrounding rock, and then form distressed zone. The longer the high-pressure water jet drilling is, the larger the distressed zone is. The stress change and displacement change of non-distressed zone in coal wall and floor are significantly greater than that of distressed zone under dynamic and static combined load. And it shows that the distressed zone can effectively control rock burst in roadway under dynamic and static combined load. High-pressure water jet technology was applied in the haulage gate of 250203 working face in Yanbei Coal Mine, and had gained good effect. The study conclusions provide theoretical foundation and a new guidance for controlling rock burst in roadway.

Utilizing a novel fiber optic technology to capture the axial responses of fully grouted rock bolts

Rock bolts are one of the primary support systems utilized in underground excavations within the civil and mining engineering industries. Rock bolts support the weakened rock mass adjacent to the opening of an excavation by fastening to the more stable, undisturbed formations further from the excavation. The overall response of such a support element has been determined under varying loading conditions in the laboratory and in situ experiments in the past four decades; however, due to the limitations with conventional monitoring methods of capturing strain, there still exists a gap in knowledge associated with an understanding of the geomechanical responses of rock bolts at the microscale. In this paper, we try to address this current gap in scientific knowledge by utilizing a newly developed distributed optical strain sensing(DOS) technology that provides an exceptional spatial resolution of 0.65 mm to capture the strain along the rock bolt. This DOS technology utilizes Rayleigh optical frequency domain reflectometry(ROFDR) which provides unprecedented insight into various mechanisms associated with axially loaded rebar specimens of different embedment lengths, grouting materials, borehole annulus conditions, and borehole diameters. The embedment length of the specimens was found to be the factor that significantly affected the loading of the rebar. The critical embedment length for the fully grouted rock bolts(FGRBs) was systematically determined to be430 mm. The results herein highlight the effects of the variation of these individual parameters on the geomechanical responses FGRBs.

Automatic determination method of optimal threshold based on the bootstrapping technology

In order to predict the extreme load of the mechanical components during the entire life,an automatic method based on the bootstrapping technology(BT)is proposed to determine the most suitable threshold.Based on all the turning points of the load history and a series of thresholds estimated in advance,the generalized Pareto distribution is established to fit the exceedances.The corresponding distribution parameters are estimated with the maximum likelihood method.Then,BT is employed to calculate the mean squared error(MSE)of each estimated threshold based on the exceedances and the specific distribution parameters.Finally,the threshold with the smallest MSE will be the optimal one.Compared to the kurtosis method and the mean excess function method,the average deviation of the probability density function of exceedances determined by BT reduces by 38.52%and 29.25%,respectively.Moreover,the quantile-quantile plot of the exceedances determined by BT is closer to a straight line.The results suggest the improvement of the modeling flexibility and the determined threshold precision.If the exceedances are insufficient,BT will enlarge their amount by resampling to solve the instability problem of the original distribution parameters.

Gas pipeline explosion resistance technology

Based on the features and requirements of gas drainage system, an optimized explosion resistance technology is done after a comprehensive analysis and research about the triple IR （Infrared Ray） flame detection technology, explosion resistance valve technology and explosion resistance control technology. An intelligent PLC （Programmable Logic Controller） resistance control system is designed which can cut offthe gas branch quickly and accurately, and the controller have automatic pressure maintaining function, valve rotation limit function, remote and local control interlock function. The reliability and rationality of explosion resistance technology is verified by gas pipeline explosion propagation and resistance simulation test. Overall response time of explosion resistance system is less than 100ms, and the spread of fire in gas pipeline can be prevented effectively.

Study of Load Modeling Technology on Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator of Gun Servo System

A hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulator for gun servo system is described in this paper, and its load modeling technologies,such as road spectrum model,sea wave model are studied. The simulation results show that the models can be used in HWIL and satisfy the requirements of hardware-in-the-loop simulator of gun servo system.

Key Technology of Cutting and Moving Large Spherical Tank

This paper mainly introduces the scientific cutting and hoisting construction technology before the large spherical tank(hereinafter referred to as spherical tank)moving and loading,so as to better ensure the construction quality of field assembly and welding in the process of spherical tank moving and loading.

Micro defects formation and dynamic response analysis of steel plate of quasi-cracking area subjected to explosive load

As the protective component,steel plate had attracted extensive attention because of frequently threats of explosive loads.In this paper,the evolution of microstructure and the mechanism of damage in the quasi-cracking area of steel plate subjected to explosive load were discussed and the relationships between micro defects and dynamic mechanical response were revealed.After the explosion experiment,five observation points were selected equidistant from the quasi-cracking area of the section of the steel plate along the thickness direction,and the characteristics of micro defects at the observation points were analyzed by optical microscope(OM),scanning electron microscope(SEM) and electron backscattered diffraction(EBSD).The observation result shows that many slip bands(SBs) appeared,and the grain orientation changed obviously in the steel plate,the two were the main damage types of micro defects.In addition,cracks,peeling pits,grooves and other lager micro defects were appeared in the lower area of the plate.The stress parameters of the observation points were obtained through an effective numerical model.The mechanism of damage generation and crack propagation in the quasicracking area were clarified by comparing the specific impulse of each observation point with the corresponding micro defects.The result shows that the generation and expansion of micro defects are related to the stress area(i.e.the upper compression area,the neutral plane area,and the lower tension area).The micro defects gather and expand at the grain boundary,and will become macroscopic damage under the continuous action of tensile stress.Besides,the micro defects at the midpoint of the section of the steel plate in the direction away from the explosion center(i.e.the horizontal direction) were also studied.It was found that the specific impulse at these positions were much smaller than that in the thickness direction,the micro defects were only SBs and a few micro cracks,and the those decreased with the increase of the distance from the explosion center.

Microscopic defects formation and dynamic mechanical response analysis of Q345 steel plate subjected to explosive load

As the basic protective element, steel plate had attracted world-wide attention because of frequent threats of explosive loads. This paper reports the relationships between microscopic defects of Q345 steel plate under the explosive load and its macroscopic dynamics simulation. Firstly, the defect characteristics of the steel plate were investigated by stereoscopic microscope(SM) and scanning electron microscope(SEM). At the macroscopic level, the defect was the formation of cave which was concentrated in the range of 0-3.0 cm from the explosion center, while at the microscopic level, the cavity and void formation were the typical damage characteristics. It also explains that the difference in defect morphology at different positions was the combining results of high temperature and high pressure. Secondly, the variation rules of mechanical properties of steel plate under explosive load were studied. The Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler(ALE) algorithm and multi-material fluid-structure coupling method were used to simulate the explosion process of steel plate. The accuracy of the method was verified by comparing the deformation of the simulation results with the experimental results, the pressure and stress at different positions on the surface of the steel plate were obtained. The simulation results indicated that the critical pressure causing the plate defects may be approximately 2.01 GPa. On this basis, it was found that the variation rules of surface pressure and microscopic defect area of the Q345 steel plate were strikingly similar, and the corresponding mathematical relationship between them was established. Compared with Monomolecular growth fitting models(MGFM) and Logistic fitting models(LFM), the relationship can be better expressed by cubic polynomial fitting model(CPFM). This paper illustrated that the explosive defect characteristics of metal plate at the microscopic level can be explored by analyzing its macroscopic dynamic mechanical response.

Numerical Simulation and Dynamic Fracture Criteria of Thin Cylindrical Shells under Inner Explosive Loading

An FAE (Fuel Air Explosives) device is used to develop a numerical and theoretical analysis of a thin cylindrical shell with inner explosive loading. The dynamic fracture process is simulated numerically in the DYNA3D program using the finite element method. The material’s dynamic properties are described by a strain hardening viscoplastic constitution. A damage variable is introduced in the determination of the dynamic fracture criterion. Final rupture of structure is decided by a rupture strain criterion which is deduced in terms of a critical damage variable. The numerical results have been compared with theoretical solutions.

Numerical investigation on failure behavior of steel plate under explosive loading

The failure behavior of metal materials under strong dynamic loading such as explosive and impact loading has important applications in the fields of defense industry and civil security. In this study, a novel coupled bidirectional weighted mapping method between Lagrange particles and Euler meshes is proposed to numerically simulate the dynamic response and failure process of steel structure under explosive loading. In this method, the Lagrange particles and Euler meshes are used to describe the materials that need to be accurately tracked and can more accurately characterize the deformation history and failure process of the material. A comparison between the numerical results and experimental data shows that this method can be used to solve large deformation problem of multi-medium materials and the failure problems of complex structures under strong impact loading.

Numerical 3D-modeling of spall and shear fractures in shells of austenitic 12Kh18N10T steel and 30KhGSA steel under their spherical and quasi-spherical explosive loading

To pursue VNIIEF–VNIITF joint investigations,this paper briefly describes the experimental setup and provides numerical 3D-computation results(LEGAK-3D technique)on special features in the convergence dynamics of steel shells under their quasi-spherical explosive loading in the system with the 40-mm outer radius of the explosive layer.The computation results were compared with the data experimentally registered for shells of the 30KhGSA steel,both as-received and quenched to HRC 35...40,and the austenitic 12Kh18N10T stainless steel.The comparison was also made with laserinterferometry results obtained directly under explosive loading,as well as with gammatomography and scanning electron microscopy investigations of the recovered shells.

Double casing warhead with sandwiched charge:The axial distribution of fragments velocities

The double casing warhead with sandwiched charge is a novel fragmentation warhead that can produce two groups of fragments with different velocity,and the previous work has presented a calculation formula to determine the maximum fragment velocity.The current work builds on the published formula to further develop a formula for calculating the axial distribution characteristics of the fragment velocity.For this type of warhead,the simulation of the dispersion characteristics of the detonation products at different positions shows that the detonation products at the ends have a much larger axial velocity than those in the middle,and the detonation products have a greater axial dispersion velocity when they are closer to the central axis.The loading process and the fragment velocity vary with the axial position for both casing layers,and the total velocity of the fragments is the vector sum of the radial velocity and the axial velocity.At the same axial position,the acceleration time of the inner casing is greater than that of the outer casing.For the same casing,the fragments generated at the ends have a longer acceleration time than the fragments from the middle.The proposed formula is validated with the X-ray radiography results of the four warheads previously tested experimentally and the 3D smoothedparticle hydrodynamics numerical simulation results of several series of new warheads with different configurations.The formula can accurately and reliably calculate the fragment velocity when the lengthto-diameter ratio of the charge is greater than 1.5 and the thickness of the casing is less than 20%its inner radius.This work thus provides a key reference for the theoretical analysis and the design of warheads with multiple casings.

水下爆炸气泡射流载荷及对结构毁伤研究进展

气泡射流载荷是造成水下结构毁伤的重要因素。本文从水下爆炸气泡射流产生的实验装置和条件、气泡射流载荷特性及其对结构的毁伤等方面对国内外相关领域的研究进行综述,总结气泡射流实验技术和数值模拟现状,梳理气泡射流载荷特征及其对结构毁伤的影响规律,为水下武器的研制及舰船抗爆能力的提升提供参考。

起波配筋混凝土框架结构的抗内爆性能数值模拟

人工塑性铰在框架结构抗震研究中已经得到广泛应用,其能够控制梁塑性铰出现的位置,避免框架结构在地震中出现梁柱节点破坏而发生连续倒塌,实现“强柱弱梁”的设计目标。一种新型起波钢筋构造的人工塑性铰为结构抗爆设计提供了新的思路。现有的结构静载试验表明,起波钢筋兼具优异的变形性能和较强的极限承载力。采用简化混合建模的方法,基于有限元分析软件ANSYS/LS-DYNA,对采用不同起波配筋方案的钢筋混凝土框架结构进行数值模拟。研究结果表明:在爆炸荷载作用下,起波配筋梁能有效地吸收冲击力,降低支座反力,推迟反力峰值出现时间,保护梁柱节点,将破坏限制在梁板构件,从而防止结构发生连续倒塌。

震动载荷多次作用下烟煤孔裂隙结构演化特征试验研究

煤层开采过程中频繁采掘扰动或远场顶板周期性破断会产生多次的震动载荷,震动载荷对于煤样微观孔裂隙结构和宏观力学行为具有重要影响。为探索震动载荷下煤样孔裂隙结构演化特征,选取烟煤煤样,利用霍普金森压杆(SHPB)试验系统开展了多次震动载荷冲击煤样试验,借助低场核磁共振分析仪测试了每次冲击后煤样T_(2)谱,并通过核磁共振成像(MRI)分析了煤样孔裂隙分布及其损伤演化特征。结果表明,随着震动载荷作用次数增加,煤样峰值应力与动态弹性模量均呈现线性下降趋势,震动载荷冲击效应使得煤样承载和抵抗变形能力显著弱化,因此有必要对煤样孔裂隙演化特征展开深入分析。从T_(2)谱和MRI信息得出,震动载荷初次作用下煤样总体孔隙体积大幅增加,其中吸附孔体积增高达5.0倍,随着震动载荷持续作用,煤样微裂隙开始连通汇聚形成宏观裂纹,使得渗流孔之间连通性大幅提高,煤样总体孔隙率达到峰值,较煤样原始孔隙率提高约6倍。在煤样受震动载荷损伤、破坏的整个过程中,渗流孔的连通性逐渐提高与改善,其分形维数呈线性下降趋势。通过核磁共振成像揭示了震动载荷对煤样孔裂隙作用机制,结果表明煤样中部区域孔隙最先发育并逐步形成微裂隙,在后续震动波反射、拉伸作用下,损伤破坏区域向两侧逐渐演变直至贯通试样。

爆炸分离冲击下中远场连接界面多点时域载荷反演方法研究

目的建立产品在爆炸分离冲击剖面下,中远场关键连接界面上多点激励时域载荷历程的识别方法,并分析评估结构的动力学响应特性。方法采用结构动力学分析方法,基于杜哈梅积分离散化,建立时域范围内产品上多个测点(包括多个自由度)与关键界面上受到的力载荷之间的传递函数,进而通过载荷识别获得该力激励,特别是在载荷识别过程中采用最速下降法克服识别算法的不适定性,最后通过有限元方法分析得到识别载荷作用下的结构响应,为评估结构动力学响应提供依据。结果反演获得了爆炸螺栓盒与产品连接关键界面上多点多个自由度的时域载荷,该载荷所产生的响应仿真值与多个测点实测数据吻合,并分析获得了结构的动力学响应分布。结论提出了一种针对爆炸载荷传递路径上中远场关键界面的多点动力学载荷的识别方法,并通过数值仿真验证了该方法的有效性,可支撑结构的动力学响应评估。