Comparison Study on Characteristic Regimes in Shocked Porous Materials

We perform a comparison study on characteristic regimes in shocked porous materials whose mechanical properties cover a wide range. Via the Minkowski functional analysis, it is found that different materials may show the same fractional size of characteristic regimes in the shock-loading procedure, even if one uses the same threshold value to define those regimes. Characteristic regimes in the material with larger initial yield are more dispersed. For a fixed shock strength, there exists a material strength with which the shock wave reaction contributes the maximum plastic work. With the decreasing of shock strength, this material strength becomes smaller. These observations may present helpful indications for new material designs.