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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 26, 2012
DYMAT 2012 - 10th International Conference on the Mechanical and Physical Behaviour of Materials under Dynamic Loading
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| Article Number | 01058 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Experimental Techniques | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122601058 | |
| Published online | 31 August 2012 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122601058
Material characterization of a novel new armour steel
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
a e-mail: jacques.bester@megchem.co.za
The material characterization of a novel new armour steel with comparison to a leading commercial benchmark alloy is presented. Direct ballistic and experimental comparison is drawn. The 5.56 × 45 mm [M193] and 7.62 × 51 mm [NATO Ball] projectiles were used in a cartridge type high pressure barrel configuration to evaluate the superior plugging resistance of the new steel over a range of plate thicknesses. To characterize the dynamic plasticity of the materials, quasi-static, notched and high temperature tensile tests as well as Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar tests in tension and compression were performed. The open source explicit solver, IMPACT (sourceforge.net) is used in an ongoing numerical and sensitivity analysis of ballistic impact. A simultaneous multi variable fitting algorithm is planned to evaluate several selected numerical material models and show their relative correlation to experimental data. This study as well as micro-metallurgical investigation of adiabatic shear bands and localized deformation zones should result in new insights in to the underlying metallurgical and physical behavior of armour plate steels during ballistic perforation.
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