Increased ductility in high velocity electromagnetic ring expansion

Thin rings have been rapidly expanded using large, transient magnetic fields to study the effect of deformation velocity on strains to failure of ductile metals. A classical electrodynamics analysis similar to one developed previously by Gourdin was employed to estimate sample velocities. Within expansion velocities studied (50 to 300 m/s), the experimental results show that ductility of Al 6061 and OFHC Cu increases monotonically with increasing velocity. In each case, sample strain at failure is almost twice as great at 300 m/s as in the static condition. Comparison to a one-dimensional rigid-viscoplastic dynamic finite element method analysis suggests that inertial effects are mainly responsible for enhanced ductility over a wide range of velocity.

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