Numerical and experimental analysis of particle fracture during solid particle erosion, Part II: Effect of incident angle, velocity and abrasive size
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Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
1873-2577
abstract
The accompanying paper presented and verified a numerical model to predict the fracture of silicon carbide particles impacting Al 6061-T6 aluminum alloy. In this work, further experiments under conditions that were less likely to cause fragmentation, and for a smaller particle size, confirmed the model's predictive capabilities. The model and double pulsed laser shadowgraphy were then used to study the effect of velocity, angle of attack, and particle size on particle fragmentation and rebound kinematics. The predicted percentage of incident particles that fractured was found to correlate with the average particle size after impact. Increases in both the incident particle velocity and the angle of attack were found to increase the propensity for particle fragmentation because they both increased energy transfers perpendicular to the surface.