Dynamics and extreme plasticity of metallic microparticles in supersonic collisions

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 5073 - 9
• Main Authors: Xie, Wanting, Alizadeh-Dehkharghani, Arash, Chen, Qiyong, Champagne, Victor K, Wang, Xuemei, Nardi, Aaron T, Kooi, Steven, Müftü, Sinan, Lee, Jae-Hwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 11.07.2017; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Aluminum; Microparticles; Plasticity

Metallic microparticles can acquire remarkable nanoscale morphologies after experiencing high velocity collisions, but materials science regarding the extreme events has been limited due to a lack of controlled experiments. In this work, collision dynamics and nonlinear material characteristics of a...