Visualization of Impact Damage in Ceramics Using the Edge-On Impact Technique |
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Authors: | E Strassburger |
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Affiliation: | Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI), 79588 Efringen-Kirchen, Germany |
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Abstract: | Projectile impact generates severe fragmentation in ceramics which propagates at high velocities and precedes the penetration of the projectile. The high-speed photographic technique of the Edge-On Impact (EOI) has been developed at the Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) in order to visualize dynamic fracture in brittle materials. In a typical EOI test the projectile hits one edge of a specimen and fracture propagation is observed during the first 20 us after impact by means of a Cranz-Schardin highspeed camera. EOI tests allow a characterization of different ceramics by the macroscopic fracture patterns, single crack velocities, and crack front velocities (damage velocities). The phenomenology of damage propagation in several ceramics and a ceramic-metal composite is discussed. The EOI technique is useful for the evaluation of damage models for brittle materials because it enables a direct comparison of model predictions to experimental data obtained during the impact process. |
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