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Influence of sample geometry on sweeping-detonation-wave spallation in tantalum

  • George Thompson Gray
  • , Lawrence Mark Hull
  • , Veronica Livescu
  • , Matthew E Briggs
  • , Ross Keith Meyer

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Abstract

Widespread research since 1950 has provided a wealth of experimental data concerning shock hardening and the spallation response of materials subjected to square-topped shock-wave loading profiles. Sweeping-wave loading is a significantly different loading history than that achieved by a square-topped impulse or 1-D HE-driven plane-wave shock in terms of the evolving spherical and shear stresses applied. Sweeping-wave loading in a flat-plate geometry was previously observed to: a) yield a lower spall strength than previously documented for 1-D supported-shock-wave loading, b) exhibit increased shock hardening as a function of increasing obliquity, and c) lead to an increased incidence of deformation twin formation with increasing shock obliquity (1). The current sweeping-wave loading of a 10 cm radius curved Ta plate is observed to: a) lead to an increase in the shear stress as a function of increasing obliquity, and b) display a more developed level of damage evolution, extensive voids and coalescence, and lower spall strength with obliquity in the curved plate than in the flat-plate sweeping-detonation wave loading for an equivalent HE loading.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationShock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2015
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
EditorsRamon Ravelo, Thomas Sewell, Ricky Chau, Timothy Germann, Ivan I. Oleynik, Suhithi Peiris
PublisherUnknown Publisher
ISBN (Electronic)9780735414570
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 13 2017
Event19th Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2015 -
Duration: Jan 13 2017 → …

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1793
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference19th Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2015
Period01/13/17 → …

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