Inelastic Deformation and Strength Degradation in Shocked Geologic Solids

Abstract

Two research tasks were initiated in this project. In the first, preliminary calculations were carried out to examine the response of miniature ruby gauges in metallic targets subject to axisymmetric loading. Although the initial results were encouraging, the calculational effort was discontinued because funding changes by AFOSR did not permit experimental work in this project. In the second task, the development of a damage model was undertaken to describe the shock wave response of a brittle solid. In particular, the focus was on model development to describe both the loading and unloading response in a consistent manner. Preliminary results are encouraging and many features observed in the experimental data are simulated. at least qualitatively, by the model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387017

Entities

People

  • Jow-lian Ding
  • Yogendra Gupta

Organizations

  • Washington State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Axisymmetric
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Classification
  • Degradation
  • Experimental Data
  • Materials
  • Security
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Simulations
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unloading
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.