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Title: Damage evolution and clustering in shock loaded tantalum

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/334210· OSTI ID:334210

Two grades of tantalum were shock loaded by plate impact and recovered. The loading conditions were varied to study the damage evolution in te materials from incipient to full spallation. The authors performed quantitative image analysis and optical profilometry on the recovered specimens. Statistical analyses are shown of the void sizes, void clustering, and void linking in the two material grades.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
334210
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-98-3441; CONF-980768-; ON: DE99002291; TRN: 99:005003
Resource Relation:
Conference: 31. International Metallographic Society (IMS) annual convention, Ottawa (Canada), 26-29 Jul 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English