Investigation into the spall strength of cast iron
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
4-1-2012
Abstract
The spall strength of cast iron has been investigated by means of planar plate impact experiments conducted in a vacuum. A single stage gas gun was utilized to drive projectiles to velocities between 100 and 300 m/sec, resulting in low to moderate shock loading of the cast iron specimens. Measurement of the stress histories were made with the use of commercial manganin stress gauges that were imbedded between the back face of the cast iron specimen and a low impedance backing of polycarbonate. Spall strength values were calculated utilizing the measured peak stress and minimum stress pullback signals captured in the stress history. Spall Strength values were found to vary between 0.98 and 1.45 GPa for the cast iron tested. Post-Mortem analysis of recovered specimen has provided insight into the evolution of spall failure in cast iron and shed light on the varying nature of the spall strength values calculated. It was determined that the lower bound of strength values was associated with small scale micro-failure, while the upper bound values corresponded to complete spall fracture. © 2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation
Volume
13
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Plume, Gifford, and Carl Ernst Rousseau. "Investigation into the spall strength of cast iron." International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation 13, 2 (2012): 195-199. doi: 10.1515/ijnsns.2011.098.