Application of a Microstructure-Based ISV Plasticity Damage Model to Study Penetration Mechanics of Metals and Validation through Penetration Study of Aluminum

A developed microstructure-based internal state variable (ISV) plasticity damage model is for the first time used for simulating penetration mechanics of aluminum to find out its penetration properties. The ISV damage model tries to explain the interplay between physics at different length scales th...

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Main Authors: Yangqing Dou, Yucheng Liu, Youssef Hammi, Wilburn Whittington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Modelling and Simulation in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6189168