Quasi-brittle fracture during structural impact of AA7075-T651 aluminium plates

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 537-551

  Børvik, Tore ^a,b   Hopperstad, Odd Sture ^a   Pedersen, Ketill O ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium armour plates; Component tests; Material tests; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM PLATES; AXISYMMETRIC; BALLISTIC IMPACT; BALLISTIC LIMIT VELOCITY; COMPRESSED GAS; DUCTILE FRACTURE CRITERION; DYNAMIC TENSILE TEST; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HARDENED STEEL; IMPACT TEST; IMPACT ZONES; IN-PLANE DIRECTION; LS-DYNA; MATERIAL TESTS; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLASTIC ANISOTROPY; PLATE IMPACT TEST; QUASI-BRITTLE FRACTURE; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC COMPRESSION; RESIDUAL VELOCITY; ROLLED PLATES; SOLID ELEMENTS; SPLIT HOPKINSON TENSION BARS; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS; STRESS TRIAXIALITY; STRUCTURAL IMPACT; TENSILE TESTS; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; THERMO-VISCOPLASTIC; THERMOELASTICS; THICKNESS DIRECTION;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ARMOR; BALLISTICS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING;

TESTING;

EID: 75449103518     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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