TY - JOUR
T1 - Prediction of fragmentation and experimentally inaccessible material properties of steel using finite element analysis
AU - Schreiber, Jeremy M.
AU - Smid, Ivi
AU - Eden, Timothy J.
AU - Jann, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/10
Y1 - 2015/7/10
N2 - High strain-rate properties of materials are needed for predicting material behavior in extreme environments. The demand for high strain-rate properties continues to increase for commercial and military applications as the operating environments become more extreme, such as fragmentation, impact and explosions. To reduce time and expense, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is being used to simulate these behaviors and reduce the number of experiments needed to characterize how a material performs at high-strain-rates. A finite element model for predicting fragmentation behavior of a high strength steel ring was developed using Abaqus Computer Aided Engineering (Abaqus) software. AISI 4340 steel, a low alloy Cr-Ni-Mo steel, was used in the analysis. The results of the finite element model were compared to the results from CTH, a two-dimensional Eulerian shock physics hydro-code. CTH was also used to develop a transient loading curve for the Abaqus model. The fracture strain in the model was adjusted to induce failure in the ring. Element deletion was used to model failure. A fracture strain less than 1×10-5 was needed to initiate fragmentation. The effects of mesh type and model defects were also investigated.
AB - High strain-rate properties of materials are needed for predicting material behavior in extreme environments. The demand for high strain-rate properties continues to increase for commercial and military applications as the operating environments become more extreme, such as fragmentation, impact and explosions. To reduce time and expense, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is being used to simulate these behaviors and reduce the number of experiments needed to characterize how a material performs at high-strain-rates. A finite element model for predicting fragmentation behavior of a high strength steel ring was developed using Abaqus Computer Aided Engineering (Abaqus) software. AISI 4340 steel, a low alloy Cr-Ni-Mo steel, was used in the analysis. The results of the finite element model were compared to the results from CTH, a two-dimensional Eulerian shock physics hydro-code. CTH was also used to develop a transient loading curve for the Abaqus model. The fracture strain in the model was adjusted to induce failure in the ring. Element deletion was used to model failure. A fracture strain less than 1×10-5 was needed to initiate fragmentation. The effects of mesh type and model defects were also investigated.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.finel.2015.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.finel.2015.06.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84936855236
SN - 0168-874X
VL - 104
SP - 72
EP - 79
JO - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
JF - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
ER -