Fig 1.
Defect free AA5083 FSW joints.
Fig 2.
Ballistic experimental setup.
Fig 3.
Ballistic tested AA5083 targets (a) BM-single hit (b) BM-multiple hit (c) FSW-single hit (d) FSW-multiple hit.
Table 1.
Table 2.
Parameters for “Johnson-Cook damage model”[27].
Fig 4.
Mesh model (a) AA5083 FSW plate (b) projectile.
Fig 5.
Ballistic performance on base metal.
Fig 6.
BM Single hit view (a) front (b) sectioned.
Fig 7.
BM multiple hit (a) front view (b) zoomed front view (c) sectioned view.
Fig 8.
FSW Single hit (a) front view (b) sectioned view.
Fig 9.
FSW Multiple hit (a) front view (b) sectioned view.
Fig 10.
Ballistic performance on FSW.
Fig 11.
Experimental and numerical results.