Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading

Thesis (Nav. E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004.

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Main Author: Roach, Michael L. (Michael Louis)
Other Authors: Tomasz Wierzbicki.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33440
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spelling mit-1721.1/334402019-04-10T21:42:21Z Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading Roach, Michael L. (Michael Louis) Tomasz Wierzbicki. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Ocean Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ocean Engineering. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Fracture mechanics Strength of materials Penetration mechanics Thesis (Nav. E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-46). Although there has been interest in the behavior of metal plates under blast and projectile loading for many years, definitive open-source analysis has only been recently forthcoming. This analysis is most often in the form of scaled recreations of the dynamic blast event, or "live fire" tests. New developments in methods of recreating blast and projectile induced plate failure using a quasi-static approach provide possible, accurate, alternatives to the cumbersome and expensive live fire test. This research endeavors to develop an accurate, quasi-static method of recreating the petalling phase of blast and projectile failure in metal sheets, based on a modified trousers- type test. By using the trousers-type fracture test the overall plastic bending kinematics of the fractured petal is preserved, as well as the mixed mode (mode one and mode three) fracture. Through analytical and qualitative analysis, a testing apparatus to generate this trousers-type, plastic bending and mixed mode fracture was designed and machined. The apparatus was then used to test thin steel sheets of varying thickness (0.419 and 0.724mm) in order to validate the quasi-static method of recreating the petalling phase through a comparison with analytically derived results. by Michael L. Roach. S.M. Nav.E. 2006-07-13T15:24:33Z 2006-07-13T15:24:33Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33440 62869337 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 162 leaves 7587659 bytes 7594467 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Ocean Engineering.
Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Fracture mechanics
Strength of materials
Penetration mechanics
Roach, Michael L. (Michael Louis)
Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading
title Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading
title_full Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading
title_fullStr Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading
title_full_unstemmed Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading
title_short Experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi-static loading
title_sort experimental investigation of tearing fracture in sheets under quasi static loading
topic Ocean Engineering.
Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Fracture mechanics
Strength of materials
Penetration mechanics
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33440
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