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MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 191, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108599
Keywords
Indentation; Closed-cell aluminium foam; Energy absorption; Collapse mechanisms; Low-velocity impact
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- UNSW Canberra's Defence Related Research program
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The low-velocity impact response of closed-cell aluminium foams using various shaped indenters has been investigated. Impact tests were conducted using an instrumented drop-tower with flat, hemispherical, conical and truncated-conical indenter at impact energies ranging from 46.8 J to 105 J. The effects of variation of indenter shape and impact velocity on mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of foam have been explicitly investigated. The results show that the mechanical response of closed-cell aluminium foams under low-velocity projectile impact significantly depends on the indenters' nose shape and initial impact energy. The deformation mechanisms of foam for different shaped indenters have been elucidated using reconstructed X-ray microcomputed tomography (XCT) images of the indented specimens. A good correlation between the indenter shape and deformation mechanisms has been observed. The structure-property relations of foams during dynamic indentation have also been explored by analysing the XCT images of the indented specimens. The parameters that influence the energy absorption capacity of the material are also presented. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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