Open AccessTexture and its Influence on the Mechanical and Ballistic Properties of Steel Armor Plates
Author(s) -
Hsun Hu,
Anthone Zarkades,
Frank R. Larson
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
texture of crystalline solids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-9409
pISSN - 0309-7951
DOI - 10.1155/tsm.4.73
Subject(s) - materials science , armour , tension (geology) , composite material , texture (cosmology) , austenite , compression (physics) , fracture toughness , intensity (physics) , toughness , microstructure , layer (electronics) , image (mathematics) , physics , artificial intelligence , computer science , quantum mechanics
By appropriate thermomechanical processing treatmentin the austenite region of a medium carbon 5Ni steel, three differenttypes of textures, each with various degrees of intensity,have been produced in the quenched-and-tempered high-hardnesssteel armor plates. The various mechanical properties, includingtension, through-thickness tension and compression, impact, fatigue,and fracture toughness, together with the ballistic performanceof the plates as a function of the intensity of thetexture, in particular the (112)+(111) type, are presented anddiscussed.