Experimentally-Determined Plastic Wave Velocities in Fully-Annealed 1100F Aluminum (Striker Velocity 89 ft/sec to 788 ft/sec).

Abstract

A previously-reported experimental system for determining the large strains, surface rotations, strain rates, and plastic wave velocities during free-free axial impacts is used to investigate the behavior of fully-annealed small grain 1100F aluminum rods under impact conditions. The system employs in-surface diffraction grating strain transducers illuminated by a pulsed ruby laser, with the strain-surface rotation-time-dependent diffraction pattern recorded by high-speed streak cameras. Strain-time and plastic wave velocity-strain data are presented for free-free axial impacts of aluminum rods at striker velocities ranging from 89 ft/sec to 788 ft/sec. Strains to 5.5% and strain-rates to 2000/sec are recorded. The data is compared to previously-reported data as a means of establishing the validity of the experimental technique, and as corroboration of some of the existing data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0717328

Entities

People

  • R. A. Douglas
  • R. S. Steele
  • W. L. Bingham
  • W. L. Liddell

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Cameras
  • Diffraction
  • Gratings (Spectra)
  • Lasers
  • Rotation
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Strain Rate
  • Streak Cameras
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy