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Improved richtmyer-meshkov instability experiments for very-high-rate strength and application to tantalum

  • Michael Bruce Prime
  • , William Tillman Buttler
  • , Saryu Jindal Fensin
  • , David Robert Jones
  • , Ruben Manzanares
  • , Daniel Tito Martinez
  • , John Israel Martinez
  • , Derek William Schmidt
  • , Carl Patrick Trujillo

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Abstract

Recently, Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities (RMI) have been used for studying metal strength at strain rates up to at least 10^7/s. RMI experiments involve shocking a metal interface with geometrical perturbations that invert, grow, and possibly arrest subsequent to the shock. In experiments one measures the growth and arrest velocities to study the specimen’s flow (deviatoric) strength. In this paper, we describe experiments on tantalum at three shock pressure from 20 to 34 GPa, with six different perturbation sizes at each pressure, making this the most comprehensive set of RMI experiments on any material. In addition, these experiments were fielded using impact loading, as compared to high explosive loading in previous experiments, allowing for more precise modeling and more extensive interpretation of the data. Preliminary results are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
EditorsJamie Kimberley, Steven Mates, Leslie Elise Lamberson
PublisherUnknown Publisher
Pages101-104
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783319950884
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019
EventSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2018 -
Duration: Jan 1 2019 → …

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
ISSN (Print)2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5652

Conference

ConferenceSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2018
Period01/1/19 → …

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