Abstract
This paper deals with an experimental study on the dynamic plastic post-buckling behaviour of a stationary AMΓ aluminium alloy cylindrical shell under axial impact. According to current theory, it is believed that within a certain velocity range, the shell will buckle in a uniform axisymmetrical sinusoidal mode. However, we found that when the impact velocity is less than a certain critical value V c1, the shell will exhibit only uniform plastic deformation in both the axial and radial directions and does not produce the sinusoidal waves. On the other hand, when the impact velocity exceeds another critical value V c2, the shell will change from the axisymmetric mode into a nonuniform type of large deformation, the number of waves decreases slightly and the shell begins to lose its load-carrying capacity. Experimental results on cylinders with three different thicknesses are presented and discussed. An approximate theoretical formula for estimating V c2 based on strain rate reversal is also given.
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