Dynamic Cylindrical Cavity Expansion of Compressible Strain-Hardening Materials

1991 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Luk ◽  
D. E. Amos

We developed models for the dynamic expansion of cylindrical cavities from zero initial radii for compressible, elastic-plastic, rate-independent materials with powerlaw strain-hardening. Results from cavity-expansion models were used to derive perforation models to predict residual velocities and ballistic limits for rigid, conicalnose projectiles perforating strain-hardening target plates. We compared the numerical results from models for incompressible and compressible materials to show the effect of compressibility. To verify the models, we also compared the model predictions of residual velocities and ballistic limits with the data from terminal-ballistic experiments with tungsten projectiles impacting 5083-H131 aluminum armor plates at normal incidence. Very good agreement was obtained for impact velocities between 200 and 1,200 m/s and 12.7, 50.8, and 76.2-mm thick targets.

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 2781-2786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Gang Jiang ◽  
Dian Yi Song ◽  
Fei Liu

A finite cylindrical cavity expansion model for metal targets was proposed in consideration of the lateral free boundary and strain-hardening effect. Analytical solutions of radial pressure on the cavity wall were obtained. An engineering model for the penetration of rigid sharp-nosed projectiles into thick cylindrical metal targets with finite radius was developed. The influence of the radius ratio of target to projectile on penetration depth was studied. The present engineering model has good agreement with ballistic experiments and numerical simulation. The influence of the lateral free boundary of target on penetration depth needs to be considered for radius ratio of target to projectile less than 20.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1065-1069 ◽  
pp. 1065-1068
Author(s):  
Yang Yue Ye Cao ◽  
Zhi Gang Jiang ◽  
Qing Hua Tan

Concrete is a brittle material which cracks under the tension and pulverized when the compressive stress exceeds the ultimate compressive strength. Confined concrete performs better than that of concrete without confinement in resisting penetration. Based on the Griffith strength theory, a quasi-static cylindrical cavity expansion model for the penetration of steel-tube-confined concrete targets is proposed. Numerical results show that ratio of tube wall thickness to tube radius significantly effects cavity expansion stress, which is in proportion to the former ratio. The results are in good agreement with the cavity expansion process.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joakim Johnsen ◽  
Jens Kristian Holmen ◽  
Thomas L Warren ◽  
Tore Børvik

In this article, we investigate the results obtained using different constitutive models for the solution of the cylindrical cavity expansion problem under plane strain conditions. The cylindrical cavity expansion solutions are employed with the cylindrical cavity expansion approximation to obtain ballistic limit and residual velocities for ductile metals perforated by rigid projectiles. Many of the previously developed cylindrical cavity expansion approximations use simplified constitutive models. However, in the present work, we first extend the cylindrical cavity expansion theory with the Voce strain hardening rule, before we utilize three different strain hardening constitutive models in cylindrical cavity expansion calculations to predict ballistic limit and residual velocities of aluminum and steel target plates struck by rigid projectiles. The results show that when strain hardening is accurately represented by the constitutive models until necking in a uniaxial tension test, all cylindrical cavity expansion models predict ballistic limit velocities that are close to the experimental data.


2021 ◽  
pp. 204141962110272
Author(s):  
Chaomei Meng ◽  
Dianyi Song ◽  
Qinghua Tan ◽  
Zhigang Jiang ◽  
Liangcai Cai ◽  
...  

Cellular steel-tube-confined concrete (CSTCC) targets show improved anti-penetration performance over single-cell STCC targets due to the confinement effect of surrounding cells on the impacted cell. Dynamic finite cylindrical cavity-expansion (FCCE) models including radial confinement effect were developed to predict the depth of penetration (DOP) for CSTCC targets normally penetrated by rigid sharp-nosed projectiles, and stiffness of radial confinement was achieved with the elastic solution of infinite cylindrical shell in Winkler medium. Steady responses of dynamic FCCE models were obtained on the assumption of incompressibility of concrete, failure of comminuted zone with Heok–Brown criterion and two possible response modes of the confined concrete in the impacted cell. Furthermore, a DOP model for CSTCC targets normally impacted by rigid projectiles was also proposed on the basis of the dynamic FCCE approximate model. Lastly, relevant penetration tests of CSTCC targets normally penetrated by 12.7 mm armor piecing projectile (APP) were taken as examples to validate the dynamic FCCE models and the corresponding DOP model. The results show that the DOP results based on dynamic FCCE model agree well with those of the CSTCC targets normally penetrated by rigid conical or other sharp-nosed projectiles.


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