Abstract
Molecular dynamics simulations of the rigid-anvil collision test are performed to achieve the complete pulverization of slender nanoprojectiles. The simulation setup mimics the traditional Taylor test (the flat-ended nanoscale bars collide with a rough rigid wall) at striking velocities that reach an awesome range from 20 km/s to 120 km/s. The objective is to investigate, so called, shattering fragmentation, defined by the complete disintegration (pulverization) of the slender monocrystalline nanoprojectile into the cloud of monatomic debris (mmax = mmax1 ≡ 1). The critical impact energy associated with this transition from the stochastic to the deterministic fragment distribution is investigated at two widely different initial temperatures of the slender nanoprojectile while scaling its size in a self-similar manner by varying their widths (diameters) at a fixed aspect ratio. For all but the smallest nanoprojectiles, the minimum achievable mmax ≫ mmax1 is discussed based on the physically-limiting striking velocity range.
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