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The preheating effect on the dynamic strength of aluminium containing helium bubbles

  • B. Glam
  • , M. Strauss
  • , S. Eliezer
  • , D. Moreno

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Abstract

The influence of helium bubbles or boron inclusions in an aluminum target is studied by plane impact experiments with a gas gun and VISAR diagnostic. The experiments were carried out on targets with initial temperatures of 25 °C and near melting at 600 °C. The Hugoniot elastic limit yHEL for all targets becomes substantially higher at 600 °C, related to the phonon drag mechanism at high strain rates and high temperatures. The spall strength for all targets becomes substantially lower at 600 °C. The spall strength of Al- 10B with helium bubbles is significantly reduced in comparison to Al-10B without helium, while at 25 °C the spall strength is the same for both cases. This effect might be explained by a local strength reduction of the aluminium at pre-heating conditions, allowing the helium bubbles to be more dominant in the spallation process

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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