Open AccessDamage evolution and clustering in shock loaded tantalum
Author(s) -
W.R. Thissell,
A.K. Zurek,
J. M. Rivas,
D. L. Tonks,
R. S. Hixson
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/334210
Subject(s) - spallation , tantalum , void (composites) , materials science , shock (circulatory) , composite material , cluster analysis , forensic engineering , metallurgy , engineering , physics , computer science , nuclear physics , artificial intelligence , neutron , medicine
Two grades of tantalum were shock loaded by plate impact and recovered. The loading conditions were varied to study the damage evolution in te materials from incipient to full spallation. The authors performed quantitative image analysis and optical profilometry on the recovered specimens. Statistical analyses are shown of the void sizes, void clustering, and void linking in the two material grades