Abstract
The influence of impact velocity and geometry in the fracture patterns produced by a concentrated impulse loading on brittle plates and cylindrical shells has been studied both experimentally and theoretically. The experiments were performed by impacting plates and cylindrical shells made of plaster with a steel ball. The fracture behavior was photographed by a camera with a flash. The crack-initiation time was measured using a memoriscope. The fracture behavior is explained using the theory of flexural motion of a plate and a cylindrical shell. With the addition of impact-fracture criteria to these theories, the fracture patterns of brittle plates and cylindrical shells are predicted and the resemblance is discussed.
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