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Xiang Guo1,2,3, Qidong Ouyang4, Yubo Sun5
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. xiangguo@tju.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Bimodal nanostructured (NS) metals, in which the nano-grains or ultrafine grains serve as matrix phase while the coarse grains serve as toughening phase, can synergize the overall strength and ductility to achieve excellent bullet-proof performance. Because of the extrusion process in the fabrication, the coarse-grained (CG) inclusions are elongated in the extrusion direction and elliptical CG inclusions with different aspect ratios form. The shape, distribution, and volume fraction of these elliptical CG inclusions can all have significant influence on the overall ballistic performance. In this study, the strain gradient plasticity model together with the Johnson⁻Cook failure criterion is employed to investigate the ballistic performance of the bimodal NS Cu with elliptical CG inclusions. Our results show that the ballistic performance can be improved by increasing the aspect ratio of the elliptical CG inclusions. Furthermore, the staggered distribution of the elliptical CG inclusions will decrease the overall ability of the material to resist failure, but it will improve its overall ability to resist deformation. The larger stagger degree of elliptical CG inclusions can weaken their shape effects on the limit displacement.
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