Characterization of high strength steels submitted to shear fracture and underwater blast loadings

F. Latourte, L. F. Mori, Z. Feinberg, G. B. Olson, H. D. Espinosa

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Abstract

The research presented here is aimed at evaluating the mechanical performance of a novel TRIP steel alloy, named TRIP-120, for different loadings cases and at various strain rates. The performance is compared with HSLA-100, a martensitic steel. The response of these materials under uniaxial loadings, as well as under biaxial stretching was investigated. The latter situation occurs together with fluid structure interaction when submitting flat circular panels to underwater impulsive loadings, using a scaled down and highly instrumented experimental apparatus. In the presented results, the TRIP-120 steel shows an improvement in performance as compared to the HSLA-100. We also investigate fracture surfaces, and the martensitic transformation of the TRIP steel. The ability of the two high strength steels presented here to sustain underwater blast loading will be compared to the one of stainless steel sandwich structures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSociety for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009
Pages1512-1513
Number of pages2
StatePublished - 2009
EventSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009 - Albuquerque, NM, United States
Duration: Jun 1 2009Jun 4 2009

Publication series

NameSociety for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009
Volume3

Other

OtherSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAlbuquerque, NM
Period6/1/096/4/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mechanics

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