Numerical study of shock-wave loading of the W- and WC-based metal composites

The results of research on modeling shock-wave loading of metal composites – elkonites, which are sintered refractory materials tungsten, tungsten carbide or molybdenum impregnated with fusible metal silver or copper using thermodynamically equilibrium model TEC are presented. The investigation of the compressibility of such composites are related to the properties of the materials themselves and the possibility of creating samples based on them. Thermodynamic characteristics are calculated for these metals and compared with available data of shock-wave experiments. The model allows us to describe the dynamic loading of solid and porous alloys of various compositions such as Cu–W, Ag–W, Cu–WC, Ag–W. This model allows for targeted selection of material compositions of different porosity values and ratios of their components in order to obtain the specified characteristics for shock-wave loading of samples.