Experimental and Numerical Investigation of High-Velocity Impacts on Aluminium 6061 Plates under Thermal Environment
摘要
The research addresses the high-velocity impact damage of aluminium 6061 (Al 6061) plates at elevated temperatures experimentally and numerically. The tests were conducted using a single-stage gas gun setup coupled with thermal setup. The effects of thickness and repeated impacts are discussed initially, and then the effects of elevated temperatures on the high-velocity impacts are discussed. The experimental studies were carried out with impact at a constant velocity of 88 m/s and the resulting impact energy of 260 J. The finite element analysis was carried out using the Johnson–Cook material model in LS-DYNA software. The experimental results for dent diameter and central deflection of Al 6061 plates under repeated impacts at room temperature are presented initially. Further, results obtained for high-velocity impacts at elevated temperatures are presented. The experimental and numerical investigation results were compared, where it was noted that the central deflection increases with increasing temperature. A 4.7% increment in central deflection was observed at high-velocity impact at 473 K compared to the high-velocity impact at 298 K.