Damage and failure mechanism of inorganic glass under impact by rigid projectile

  • Sheng Zhi Tan*
  • , Xiao Hu Yao
  • , Shu Guang Zang
  • , Peng Yu
  • , Long Hui Zhang
  • , Zhi Qiang Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The dynamic response process of inorganic glass under rigid projectile impact was simulated by the finite element software LS-DYNA. Through observing failure process, its damage and failure discipline were analyzed. It is found that the radial cracks firstly occurred, then split to circular cracks and the inorganic glass broke into pieces afterwards. In addition, radial cracks are the main factor causing inorganic glass destruction, while circular cracks primarily absorb energy from impact. It is noticed that for inorganic glass plate with specific thickness, only when it is under the strike with defined speed range, its energy absorption reaches the maximum. This discovery is helpful for the structure design of inorganic glass.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-20
Number of pages3
JournalBeijing Ligong Daxue Xuebao/Transaction of Beijing Institute of Technology
Volume34
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Damage and crack
  • Impact
  • Inorganic glasses
  • Numerical simulation

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