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This article deals with the effects of parameters relating to the yield drop phenomenon on the deformation of Taylor projectiles. The numerical modelling approach performed using LS-DYNA was validated by considering a solid cylindrical projectile made of AA7010 aluminium alloy impacted against a massive, rigid target as described in the literature. Both the projectile and target were modelled using three-dimensional brick elements. A popular strain rate and temperature-dependent constitutive relation known as the Johnson–Cook model was used to represent the alloy projectile material behaviour, whilst the target plate was assumed to be rigid. A generally good agreement between test and numerical results was found. A steel projectile was then considered using a simple piecewise linear plasticity model which has provision for introducing the yield drop effect and in which temperature effects were ignored. The impact velocities varied from 200 to 1000 m/s. Significant influence of the yield drop on the deformation behaviour of the projectile at low impact velocities was found. However, the effect was far less significant at higher impact velocities (>400 m/s).

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