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High-strain, high-strain-rate behavior of tantalum

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Tantalum plate produced by a forging-rolling sequence was subjected to high plastic shear strains(γ = 1 → 5.5) at high strain rates (∼4 × 104 s-1) in two experimental configurations: (a) a special hat-shaped geometry and (b) thin disks deformed in a split Hopkinson bar. In parallel experiments, the constitutive behavior of the same material was established through quasi-static and dynamic compression tests at ambient and elevated temperatures. The microstructure generated at high strain rates and retained by rapid cooling from a narrow (200-μm) deformation band progresses from dislocated, to elongated cells, to banded structures, and finally, to subgrains as the shear strain increases from 0 to 5.5. The temperature rise predictions from the constitutive description of the material indicate that the temperature reaches values of 800 K, and it is proposed that thermal energy is sufficient to produce a significant reorganization of the deformation substructure, leading to a recovered structure.

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  1. Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, 92093, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    M. A. Meyers (Professor)

  2. Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California, 92093, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    Y. -J. Chen (Graduate Student)

  3. Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials, University of California, 92093, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    D. S. Kim (Post-Doctoral Research Scientist)

  4. Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California, San Diego

    F. D. S. Marquis (Visiting Professor)

  5. Metallurgical Engineering Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 57701, Rapid City, SD

    F. D. S. Marquis (Visiting Professor)

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This article is based on a presentation made in the symposium “Dynamic Behavior of Materials,” presented at the 1994 Fall Meeting of TMS/ASM in Rosemont, Illinois, October 3-5, 1994, under the auspices of the TMS-SMD Mechanical Metallurgy Committee and the ASM-MSD Flow and Fracture Committee.

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Meyers, M.A., Chen, Y.J., Marquis, F.D.S. et al. High-strain, high-strain-rate behavior of tantalum. Metall Mater Trans A 26, 2493–2501 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02669407

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