Evaluation of the SPH method for the modelling of spall in anisotropic alloys
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2005-06-27T00:00:00Z
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Spall caused by hypervelocity impacts at the lower range of velocities could result in significant damage to spacecraft. A number of polycrystalline alloys, used in spacecraft manufacturing, exhibit a pronounced anisotropy in their mechanical properties. The aluminium alloy AA 7010, whose orthotropy is a consequence of the meso-scale phase distribution or grain morphology, has been chosen for this investigation. The material failure observed in plate impact was simulated using an explicit finite element code and a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code. A number of spall models where used, and the Hugoniot Elastic Limit (HEL) and spall strength have been studied as a function of orientation, and compared to experimental results.