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Fig.8. Exemplary results for computer simulation of a process of a glass
plate penetration by steel ball for variants W9-W10. Plate images obtained after
removal of destructed areas
Analysis of the performed simulations showed that
- search for optimal combination of coefficients describing strength proper-
ties of glass in order to obtain better conformance between theory and experiment
(based on the frame and after-shot pictures) is necessary,
- occurrence of a qualitative correspondence between experiment and results
of modeling non-central, skew projectile impacts on glass plate (3D spatial variant)
– the most frequent instance – is confirmed.
4. Experimental verification of qualitative and quantitative modeling results
Analysis of the solutions allowed a selection of the optimal parameters de-
scribing destruction processes of the glass target thus assuring conformance of the
theoretical and experimental results. This conformance concerns both dynamic
phase of cracks propagation and target shape after the shot. For the set of material
constants close to optimal ones simulations performed for sodium glass are pre-
sented in Figs. 9-13. The statement of these constants is shown in Table 2.
Temporal sequences of a development of a glass plate cracking after the im-
pact of a steel ball hitting the plate at the angle of 45º with 250 m/s velocity are
presented in Fig.1. For better presentation of simulation results for each time in-
stant the process development is shown in three projections. The first projection
(left column) presents a view from the plate front side, while the second (central
column) and third (column on the right) ones show a view from the rear side. In
order to show destruction areas inside the plate, some calculation points are re-
moved from the results presented in the left and central columns (a quadrant of the
plate was cut out). In the next figures simulations of a temporal development of the
cracking process are compared with pictures taken with the electro-optic camera.