On the influence of texture on spall evolution in the HCP materials Ti-6Al-4V and Zr

Dynamic tensile failure (spall) is known to be a highly microstructure-dependant phenomena. In particular, spall is greatly influenced by the availability of plastic deformation modes such as slip systems. Significant effort has been put into understanding spall in the common engineering BCC and FCC materials, however there is a relative paucity of data on such behaviour in the highly anisotropic HCP class of materials. Here, preliminary results pertaining to the dynamic behaviour of two important HCP materials, Ti-6Al-4V and Zr, are presented, with the aim of enhancing understanding of this complex class of materials.