Shock compression and spallation of single crystal tantalum

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An, Qi
Ravelo, Ramon
Germann, Timothy C.
Han, Weizhong
Luo, Sheng-Nian
Tonks, D. L.
Goddard III, William A.

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2012

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bcc , dislocation , shock , Spallation , twinning

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We present molecular dynamics simulations of shock-induced plasticity and spall damage in single crystal Ta described by a recently developed embedded-atom-method (EAM) potential and a volumedependent qEAM potential. We use impact or Hugoniotstat simulations to investigate the Hugoniots, deformation and spallation. Both EAM and qEAM are accurate in predicting, e.g., the Hugoniots and ? - surfaces. Deformation and spall damage are anisotropic for Ta single crystals. Our preliminary results show that twinning is dominant for [100] and [110] shock loading, and dislocation, for [111]. Spallation initiates with void nucleation at defective sites from remnant compressional deformation or tensile plasticity. Spall strength decreases with increasing shock strength, while its rate dependence remains to be explored.

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