Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
754114 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica 2015 12 Pages PDF
Abstract

The extended finite element method is used to analyze a plate with two parallel edge cracks impacted by a cylindrical projectile. The influence of the impact speed, crack length, plate thickness and notch tip radius on the crack initiation and propagation is studied. Dynamics equations are solved by an implicit time integration scheme which is unconditionally stable. Very good agreement is achieved between numerical predictions and experimental results. The critical velocity of the crack initiation under different conditions is examined. The influence of the crack length is greater than that of the impact speed, plate thickness and notch tip radius.

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