Effects of Grain distribution anisotropic on dynamic damage of ultrapure aluminum

Based on Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector (VISAR) and ``soft-recovered'' technique of samples, incomplete spall experiments have been conducted for two groups of samples from the same ultrapure aluminum rod but different cutting direction. The sample cut from the direction parallel to the axis is called ``longitudinal-cutting sample'' and the sample cut from the direction perpendicular to the axis is called ``cross-cutting sample.'' By comparing the free surface velocity profile and damage of two groups of samples, the vast discrepancies in the two groups of samples have been discussed in detail. For the samples in a group, the pullback velocity changes very small with increasing impact pressure when samples spall incompletely. But for the samples in different groups, the pullback velocity has difference of 39 m /s with the same impact pressure. Moreover, there are the same damage distribution trends in the same groups of samples, such as voids will coalescence along to the impact direction in the cross-cutting samples. But there are large damage distribution discrepancies in the different groups of samples with the same impact pressure.