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Modeling Shock Response of Brittle Materials

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ME-628: High Strain Rate Mechanics of Materials

This course offers fundamentals concepts of material behavior under dynamic loads such as impact and shock. lt will cover experimental methods and analytical modeling approaches to describe the dynamic deformation behavior of metals, ceramics and polymeric ...

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This lecture covers the shock response modeling of brittle materials, including the Mohr-Coulomb model and the Extended Mohr-Coulomb model. It discusses the behavior of ceramics under increasing impact velocities, the concept of spall strength, and the evaluation of spall signals. The lecture also delves into the shear failure mechanisms, the incubation and growth of shear fractures, and the properties of ceramics at different shock pressures. Furthermore, it explores the effects of confinement on the failure strength of ceramics, the dynamic crack propagation, and the influence of strain rate on the failure strength of brittle materials.

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Chemical engineering

Materials science: Deformation of materials

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