1.
Bizao, Rafael A; Machado, Leonardo D; de Sousa, Jose M; Pugno, Nicola M; Galvao, Douglas S
Scale Effects on the Ballistic Penetration of Graphene Sheets Online
2017, (preprint arXiv:1701.07367).
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title = {Scale Effects on the Ballistic Penetration of Graphene Sheets},
author = {Bizao, Rafael A and Machado, Leonardo D and de Sousa, Jose M and Pugno, Nicola M and Galvao, Douglas S},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.07367.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-25},
abstract = {Carbon nanostructures are promising ballistic protection materials,
due to their low density and excellent mechanical properties. Recent
experimental and computational investigations on the behavior
of graphene under impact conditions revealed exceptional energy absorption
properties as well. However, the reported numerical and experimental
values differ by an order of magnitude. In this work, we
combined numerical and analytical modeling to address this issue. In
the numerical part, we employed reactive molecular dynamics to carry
out ballistic tests on single and double-layered graphene sheets. We
used velocity values within the range tested in experiments. Our numerical
and the experimental results were used to determine parameters
for a scaling law, which is in good agreement with all experimental
and simulation results. We find that the specific penetration energy
decreases as the number of layers (N) increases, from ∼ 25 MJ/kg for
N = 1 to ∼ 0.26 MJ/kg as N → ∞. These scale effects explain the
apparent discrepancy between simulations and experiments.},
note = {preprint arXiv:1701.07367},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {online}
}
Carbon nanostructures are promising ballistic protection materials,
due to their low density and excellent mechanical properties. Recent
experimental and computational investigations on the behavior
of graphene under impact conditions revealed exceptional energy absorption
properties as well. However, the reported numerical and experimental
values differ by an order of magnitude. In this work, we
combined numerical and analytical modeling to address this issue. In
the numerical part, we employed reactive molecular dynamics to carry
out ballistic tests on single and double-layered graphene sheets. We
used velocity values within the range tested in experiments. Our numerical
and the experimental results were used to determine parameters
for a scaling law, which is in good agreement with all experimental
and simulation results. We find that the specific penetration energy
decreases as the number of layers (N) increases, from ∼ 25 MJ/kg for
N = 1 to ∼ 0.26 MJ/kg as N → ∞. These scale effects explain the
apparent discrepancy between simulations and experiments.
due to their low density and excellent mechanical properties. Recent
experimental and computational investigations on the behavior
of graphene under impact conditions revealed exceptional energy absorption
properties as well. However, the reported numerical and experimental
values differ by an order of magnitude. In this work, we
combined numerical and analytical modeling to address this issue. In
the numerical part, we employed reactive molecular dynamics to carry
out ballistic tests on single and double-layered graphene sheets. We
used velocity values within the range tested in experiments. Our numerical
and the experimental results were used to determine parameters
for a scaling law, which is in good agreement with all experimental
and simulation results. We find that the specific penetration energy
decreases as the number of layers (N) increases, from ∼ 25 MJ/kg for
N = 1 to ∼ 0.26 MJ/kg as N → ∞. These scale effects explain the
apparent discrepancy between simulations and experiments.
2017
1.
Bizao, Rafael A; Machado, Leonardo D; de Sousa, Jose M; Pugno, Nicola M; Galvao, Douglas S
Scale Effects on the Ballistic Penetration of Graphene Sheets Online
2017, (preprint arXiv:1701.07367).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ballistic impacts, Fracture, Graphene, Molecular Dynamics
@online{Bizao2017c,
title = {Scale Effects on the Ballistic Penetration of Graphene Sheets},
author = {Bizao, Rafael A and Machado, Leonardo D and de Sousa, Jose M and Pugno, Nicola M and Galvao, Douglas S},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.07367.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-25},
abstract = {Carbon nanostructures are promising ballistic protection materials,
due to their low density and excellent mechanical properties. Recent
experimental and computational investigations on the behavior
of graphene under impact conditions revealed exceptional energy absorption
properties as well. However, the reported numerical and experimental
values differ by an order of magnitude. In this work, we
combined numerical and analytical modeling to address this issue. In
the numerical part, we employed reactive molecular dynamics to carry
out ballistic tests on single and double-layered graphene sheets. We
used velocity values within the range tested in experiments. Our numerical
and the experimental results were used to determine parameters
for a scaling law, which is in good agreement with all experimental
and simulation results. We find that the specific penetration energy
decreases as the number of layers (N) increases, from ∼ 25 MJ/kg for
N = 1 to ∼ 0.26 MJ/kg as N → ∞. These scale effects explain the
apparent discrepancy between simulations and experiments.},
note = {preprint arXiv:1701.07367},
keywords = {ballistic impacts, Fracture, Graphene, Molecular Dynamics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {online}
}
Carbon nanostructures are promising ballistic protection materials,
due to their low density and excellent mechanical properties. Recent
experimental and computational investigations on the behavior
of graphene under impact conditions revealed exceptional energy absorption
properties as well. However, the reported numerical and experimental
values differ by an order of magnitude. In this work, we
combined numerical and analytical modeling to address this issue. In
the numerical part, we employed reactive molecular dynamics to carry
out ballistic tests on single and double-layered graphene sheets. We
used velocity values within the range tested in experiments. Our numerical
and the experimental results were used to determine parameters
for a scaling law, which is in good agreement with all experimental
and simulation results. We find that the specific penetration energy
decreases as the number of layers (N) increases, from ∼ 25 MJ/kg for
N = 1 to ∼ 0.26 MJ/kg as N → ∞. These scale effects explain the
apparent discrepancy between simulations and experiments.
due to their low density and excellent mechanical properties. Recent
experimental and computational investigations on the behavior
of graphene under impact conditions revealed exceptional energy absorption
properties as well. However, the reported numerical and experimental
values differ by an order of magnitude. In this work, we
combined numerical and analytical modeling to address this issue. In
the numerical part, we employed reactive molecular dynamics to carry
out ballistic tests on single and double-layered graphene sheets. We
used velocity values within the range tested in experiments. Our numerical
and the experimental results were used to determine parameters
for a scaling law, which is in good agreement with all experimental
and simulation results. We find that the specific penetration energy
decreases as the number of layers (N) increases, from ∼ 25 MJ/kg for
N = 1 to ∼ 0.26 MJ/kg as N → ∞. These scale effects explain the
apparent discrepancy between simulations and experiments.
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