Deformation of Textured Steels.

Abstract

The present research program was designed to investigate the influence of crystallographic texture on the mechanical strength of steel plates subjected to various loading conditions including ballistic impact. The steels of interest are 5% Ni martenistic steels containing varying intensities of (111) and (112) textures, thermomechanically processed by Hu et al (1). The investigation includes calculations of theoretical strength for shear and through thickness compression modes for the various ideal textures by computation of the appropriate Taylor factors. The experimental part of the program involved shear testing samples taken from various angles in the plates, as well as conducting through-thickness compression tests. Both the theoretical and experimental work indicate that the through-thickness compression resistance increases the increasing (111) and (112) texture intensity, and the compression resistance appears to be the dominant factor in controlling ballistic perforation resistance. An analysis of failure modes for plates of different ideal textures has also been made. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061368

Entities

People

  • Ashish Ghosh
  • N. E. Paton

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor Plate
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Shear Strength
  • Shear Stresses
  • Shear Tests
  • Strain Hardening
  • United States
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Metallurgy