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An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Teeling-Smith, R Graeme |
| author2 | Nurick, Gerald N |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14564 An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads Teeling-Smith, R Graeme Nurick, Gerald N Plates (Engineering) Plates (Engineering) - Fatigue Deformations (Mechanics) Mechanical Engineering Includes bibliographical references. This investigation, primarily experimental, examines the failure of circular plates subjected to impulsive velocities. The experiments are conducted on fully clamped circular steel plates subjected to a uniformly distributed impulse. The strain-rate-sensitive mild steel plates fail with mode I (large ductile deformation), mode II (tensile-tearing and deformation) and mode III (transverse-shear) failure modes. The impulse is measured by means of a ballistic pendulum upon which the test plates are attached. During mode II and mode III failure the complete circumferential tearing of the test plate produces a circular disc. The velocity of this disc is recorded. An energy analysis is performed on the test results and an energy balance equation is formulated. Einput = Edeformation + Etearing + Edisc. The input and disc energies are obtained from the experimental measurements and the deformation energy is predicted by using the final deformed height and a shape function together with a rigid-plastic energy analysis adopted by Duffey. Etearing refers to the energy for tensile-tearing in mode II failure or the energy for transverse-shear in mode III failure. Good correlation is found and the experiments show good repeatability. The threshold velocities for the onset of failure modes II and III are given. 2015-10-30T10:45:05Z 2015-10-30T10:45:05Z 1990 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14564 eng application/pdf Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Plates (Engineering) Plates (Engineering) - Fatigue Deformations (Mechanics) Mechanical Engineering Teeling-Smith, R Graeme An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| title_full | An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| title_fullStr | An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| title_short | An investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| title_sort | investigation into the deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads |
| topic | Plates (Engineering) Plates (Engineering) - Fatigue Deformations (Mechanics) Mechanical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14564 |
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