Computational and experimental determination of the parameters of the Cowper — Symonds hardening materials model for metal beams
The study introduces a method for the computational and experimental determination of the parameters of the Cowper — Symonds material model for steel beam structures under shock loads, the method being based on the finite element method. A full-scale experiment was carried out on a developed and manufactured installation that implements dynamic shock loading of metal beams according to the three-point bending scheme. The results of the practical approbation of the proposed method are presented on the example of determining the parameters of the Cowper — Symonds model for beams of steel 20. The difference between the calculated and experimental values of the residual deflection of the beam did not exceed 5%. Computer simulation of the experiment was carried out in the ANSYS LS-DYNA software package. The above methodological approaches are proposed to be used in the calculated assessment of the strength of the power structure of passenger vehicles for compliance with the requirements of UN Regulation No. 66.