Impact Crushing and Rebound of Thin-Walled Hollow Spheres

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The dynamic behavior of a thin-walled hollow sphere colliding onto a rigid wall has been studied by experiments, numerical simulation and analytical modeling, as reported in our previous papers. In the present paper, the impact crushing of metallic thin-walled hollow spheres onto rigid plates and the subsequent rebound are analyzed using finite element method. The effects of hollow sphere’s thickness-to-radius ratio, the material properties and the impact velocity on the dynamic responses are systematically investigated. The transition from axisymmetric dimpling to non-axisymmetric lobing is found to depend on the relative thickness of spheres and impact velocity; while the coefficient of restitution almost merely depends on impact velocity.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 535-536)

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40-43

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January 2013

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