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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (21): 532318.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2025.32318

• Special Issue: 60th Anniversary of Aircraft Strength Research Institute of China • Previous Articles    

Effect of strain rate on spall strength of Ti-6Al-4V dual-phase alloy

Qianhua YANG1,2, Yang YANG1(), Binwen WANG2, Yupei GUO2   

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering,Central South University,Changsha 410083,China
    2.National Key Laboratory of Strength and Structural Integrity,Aircraft Strength Research Institute of China,Xi’an 710065,China
  • Received:2025-05-29 Revised:2025-06-17 Accepted:2025-07-11 Online:2025-07-16 Published:2025-07-15
  • Contact: Yang YANG E-mail:yangyang@csu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(51871243);Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2019JJ40381);Open Fund of National Key Laboratory of Strength and Structural Integrity(ASSIKFJJ202304001);Joint Open Fund Project of Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Blasting Engineering(PBSKL2022C01);Open Project of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Neutron Scattering Science and Technology(HT-CSNS-DG-CD-0092/2021);Open Fund Project of Shock and Vibration of Engineering Materials and Structures Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province(22kfgk06);Open Fund Project of Hubei Longzhong Laboratory(2022KF-08)

Abstract:

To investigate the effect of strain rate on spall strength of Ti-6Al-4V dual-phase alloy, the spall processes of Ti-6Al-4V dual-phase alloy under different impact velocities were simulated by molecular dynamics method. It was found that the spall strength increased first and then decreased with increasing strain rate. The critical strain rate (ε˙c) for the transformation of spall mechanism from classic spall to micro-spall was proposed and verified for the first time. The classic spall occurred when ε˙ε˙c, while the micro-spall occurred when ε˙>ε˙c. It was revealed that the internal mechanism for the transformation of spall mechanism from classic spall to micro-spall was closely related to dislocation density and melt ratio. The voids nucleated under the tensile stress produced by the meeting of two opposite rarefaction waves when the classic spall occurred. The increase of dislocation density led to the increase of spall strength. The voids nucleated under the stress-thermal synergistic effect of tensile stress and high temperature melt when the micro-spall occurred. The increase of melt ratio led to the decrease of spall strength.

Key words: molecular dynamics, spall strength, classic spall, micro-spall, Ti-6Al-4V dual-phase alloy

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