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Title: On the Taylor test, Part 3: A continuum mechanics code analysis of steady plastic wave propagation

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10192108· OSTI ID:10192108
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  2. Wright Labortories, Eglin, FL (United States). Armament Directorate
  3. Univ., of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). Dept of Engineering Sciene and Mechanics

Simple conservation relationships (``Jump`` conditions) in conjunction with postulated material constitutive behavior are applied to steady plastic strain waves propagating in problems of uniaxial stress and Taylor Cylinder Impact. These problems are simulated with a two-dimensional Lagrangian continuum mechanics code for numerically validating the Jump relationships as an accurate analytical representation of plastic wave propagation. The constitutive behavior used in this effort assumes isotropy and models the thermodynamic response with a Mie-Grunisen Equation-of-State and the mechanical response with the rate-dependent Johnson-Cook and MTS flow stress models. The Jump relationships successfully replicate the results produced by continuum code simulations of plastic wave propagation and provide a methodology for constructing mechanical constitutive models from experimental plastic wave speed information. Comparisons are also presented between experimental speeds from Taylor Cylinder Impact tests with Jump relationships and continuum code predictions, indicating that the above mentioned flow stress models may not accurately capture plastic wave propagation speeds in annealed and hardened copper.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
10192108
Report Number(s):
LA-12836-MS; ON: DE95002252; CNN: Contract F08630-93-K-0011
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English