Study of Impact Behavior of Aluminum Thin Plate

Abstract:

The behavior of thin plate subjected to impact loading is still an interesting field to study. This paper studies about Aluminum thin plate perforation. It focused on the experimental result of thin plate perforation. The thin plates are tested using blunt and conical strikers on a instrumented impact testing machine. Two different thicknesses of was used to observed the maximum work done with four impact velocities. The result indicated that the maximum work done increased proportionally with impact velocities. In addition, an elastic FEM analysis is carried out to confirm the experimental result by using ANSYS software. Both experimental and numerical results showed a close agreement.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 786)
• Pages: 345-348
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.786.345
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Rakhmad Arief Siregar*, Shah Fenner Khan, Cheah T. Foo
• Keywords: Energy Absorption, Impact Velocity, Thin Plate

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