A high strain-rate constitutive model for sand and its application in finite-element analysis of tunnels subjected to blast

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (15) ◽  
pp. 2590-2610 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Higgins ◽  
Tanusree Chakraborty ◽  
Dipanjan Basu
2012 ◽  
Vol 382 ◽  
pp. 012043 ◽  
Author(s):  
C V Gorwade ◽  
A S Alghamdi ◽  
I A Ashcroft ◽  
V V Silberschmidt ◽  
M Song

Author(s):  
Ambuj Saxena ◽  
Shashi Prakash Dwivedi ◽  
Ashish K Srivastava ◽  
Shubham Sharma ◽  
Nitin Kotkunde

The present investigation deals with the finite-element analysis of the high strain rate deformation behavior of the quenched and tempered armor-grade rolled and homogeneous armor steel. The rolled and homogeneous armor steel is extensively used in civil and military structures such as battle tanks, armament combat vehicles, combat helicopter, etc. The dynamic deformation behavior of rolled and homogeneous armor steel, that is, resistance against ballistic circumstances relates to its mechanical behavior under high strain rate conditions. In the present research work, a finite-element analysis investigation (using Abaqus finite-element analysis code) has been carried out to evaluate the influence of specimen l/d ratios and high loading strain rates on the deformation behavior and stress–strain responses of the rolled and homogeneous armor steel. Further, an attempt has also been made to check the high strain rate and specimen l/d ratio influence on the strain amplitudes of incident, reflected, and transmitted pulses. The numerical investigation has been carried out with the rolled and homogeneous armor steel specimen with l/d ratios of 1, 0.8, and 0.6. In addition, three high impact strain rates of 2130, 2907, and 3105 s−1 are considered to evaluate the stress–strain responses. The results revealed that the l/d ratio and strain rate have a significant influence on the specimen stress–strain response and the strain amplitudes of incident, reflected, and transmitted pulses. The peak stress value is increased with the increase in the l/d ratio and strain rate. The developed finite-element analysis model has predicted the stress–strain responses with <3% percentage error. The obtained finite-element analysis results have been validated with the experimental investigation with an l/d ratio of 0.6 and a strain rate of 3105 s−1 for rolled and homogeneous armor steel.


Author(s):  
Sean S. Teller ◽  
Eric C. Schmitt ◽  
Jörgen S. Bergström

We have developed a new high strain rate experiment in biaxial tension that allows for constitutive model validation at engineering strain rates from 50/s to over 1000/s. In the experiment, a flat disk of the material is clamped at a fixed radial distance. A rail-guided impact sled with a hemispherical impact head is released from the desired height and impacts the disk at the center, potentially deforming the sample to failure. Drop height and impact mass can be varied to modify peak strain rate and impact energy, and the wide range of test conditions allow for testing to be performed on many classes of materials, including thermoplastics and elastomers. The stress and strain fields are calculated using finite element simulations with the proposed constitutive model, and the constitutive model is validated by matching the force versus displacement data of the impact head recorded during experiment to the simulation. In this paper, we discuss results from the experiment and finite element simulations of the experiment on PA (polyamide, nylon) and PEEK (polyether ether ketone). The new experiment allows for validation and refinement of constitutive models, including failure, at high strain rates and in a multiaxial stress state.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1049-1050 ◽  
pp. 892-900
Author(s):  
Zhe Min Jia ◽  
Guo Qing Yuan ◽  
David Hui

Adhesive bonding is one of the effective ways to reduce the weight of structures. Researchers have done lots of numerical analysis and finite element analysis taking into account of the complex stress state in the bonded area, as well as the stress singularity occurs at the overlap edges with a view to efficiently predict the strength and rigidity of adhesively bonded joints. As they may suffer shock or impact loads in practice which leads to high strain rate in structures, analysis methods for adhesively bonded joints differ from that at quasi-static condition for two reasons: one is the mechanical properties of materials, including adhesives and substrates are different at high strain rates, the other is the additional consideration of elastic wave propagation in solid body. This article summaries several finite element analysis methods for adhesively bonded joints at high strain rate developed by domestic and foreign scholars and corresponding experimental standards for determining required parameters of each analytical method and raised some questions that need for further study.


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