Modelling of spall damage in ductile materials and its application to the simulation of the plate impact on copper

A statistical model of dynamic spall damage due to void nucleation and growth is proposed for ductile materials under intense loading, which takes into account inertia, the elastic-plastic effect, and initial void size. To some extent, void interaction could be accounted for in this approach. Based on this model, the simulation of spall experiments for copper is performed by using the Lagrangian finite element method. The simulation results are in good agreement with experimental data for the free surface velocity profile, stress record behind copper target, final porosity, and void concentrations across the target. The influence of elastic-plastic effect upon the damage evolution is explored. The correlation between the damage evolution and the history of the stress near the spall plane is also analyzed.

Predicting excavation damage zone depths in brittle rocks

During the construction of an underground excavation, damage occurs in the surrounding rock mass due in large part to stress changes. While the predicted damage extent impacts profile selection and support design, the depth of damage is a critical aspect for the design of permeability sensitive excavations, such as a deep geological repository(DGR) for nuclear waste. Review of literature regarding the depth of excavation damage zones(EDZs) indicates three zones are common and typically related to stress induced damage. Based on past developments related to brittle damage prediction using continuum modelling, the depth of the EDZs has been examined numerically. One method to capture stress induced damage in conventional engineering software is the damage initiation and spalling limit(DISL) approach. The variability of depths predicted using the DISL approach has been evaluated and guidelines are suggested for determining the depth of the EDZs around circular excavations in brittle rock masses. Of the inputs evaluated, it was found that the tensile strength produces the greatest variation in the depth of the EDZs. The results were evaluated statistically to determine the best fit relation between the model inputs and the depth of the EDZs. The best correlation and least variation were found for the outer EDZ and the highly damaged zone(HDZ) showed the greatest variation. Predictive equations for different EDZs have been suggested and the maximum numerical EDZ depths, represented by the 68% prediction interval, agreed well with the empirical evidence. This suggests that the numerical limits can be used for preliminary depth prediction of the EDZs in brittle rock for circular excavations.

Dynamic mechanical properties,deformation and damage mechanisms of eutectic high-entropy alloy AlCoCrFeNi_(2.1)under plate impact

Shock compression and spallation of a eutectic high-entropy alloy(HEA)AlCoCrFeNi_(2.1)with lamellar structure are investigated via plate impact loading with free-surface velocity measurements.The as-cast and postmortem samples are characterized with transmission electron microscopy,electron back-scatter diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.An accurate Hugoniot equation of state is determined.Af-ter shock compression to∼12 GPa,both the L1_(2)and B_(2)phases retain their ordered structures.Dense dislocations in the{111}slip planes,stacking faults and deformation twins are found in the L1_(2)phase,along with fewer dislocations in the{110}slip bands in the B(2)phase.Shock-induced deformation twin-ning within the L1_(2)phase of this HEA is observed as a new deformation mechanism under various load-ing conditions.For spallation,both ductile and brittle damage modes are observed.The micro voids and cracks prefer to nucleate at the phase boundaries chiefly,then in the B(2)phase.Under similar shock stress,the spall strength of AlCoCrFeNi_(2.1)HEA is about 40%higher than those of other reported dual-phase HEAs due to the high stability of its semi-coherent phase boundaries.

Shock compression and spallation damage of high-entropy alloy Al_(0.1)CoCrFeNi

Shock compression and spallation damage of a face-center cubic phase high-entropy alloy(HEA)Al_(0.1)CoCrFeNi were investigated via plate impact experiments along with free surface velocity measurements.Postmortem samples were characterized with transmission electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction.The Hugoniot equation of state and spall strength at different impact strengths were determined.There exists a power-law relation between spall strength and strain rate.The spall strength of Al_(0.1)CoCrFeNi HEA is about 50%higher than those of previously studied HEAs and comparable to those widely applied structural stainless steels at the same shock stress.Dislocation glide and stacking faults are the important deformation mechanisms in the Al_(0.1)CoCrFeNi HEA.Nanotwins are only observed at high shock stress.Damage in the Al_(0.1)CoCrFeNi HEA is ductile in nature.Voids are nucleated preferentially in grain interiors,and the intragranular voids show a strong dependence on grain boundary misorientation and peak stress.

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.