scholarly journals Variations in Hardness with Position In One Dimensionally Recovered Shock Loaded Metals

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02013 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Whiteman ◽  
D.L. Higgins ◽  
B. Pang ◽  
J.C.F. Millett ◽  
Y-L. Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Shock Loading ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Cold Work ◽  
Constitutive Models ◽  
Target Assembly ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Impact

The microstructural and mechanical response of materials to shock loading is of the utmost importance in the development of constitutive models for high strain-rate applications. However, unlike a purely mechanical response, to ensure that the microstructure has been generated under conditions of pure one dimensional strain, the target assembly requires both a complex array of momentum traps to prevent lateral releases entering the specimen location from the edges and spall plates to prevent tensile interactions (spall) affecting the microstructure. In this paper, we examine these effects by performing microhardness profiles of shock loaded copper and tantalum samples. In general, variations in hardness both parallel and perpendicular to the shock direction were small indicating successful momentum trapping. Variations in hardness at different locations relative to the impact face are discussed in terms of the initial degree of cold work and the ability to generate and move dislocations in the samples.

scholarly journals High-strain-rate mechanical response of HTPE propellant under SHPB impact loading

AIP Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 035145
Author(s):  
Heng-ning Zhang ◽  
Hai Chang ◽  
Jun-qiang Li ◽  
Xiao-jiang Li ◽  
Han Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Impact Loading ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
High Strain

Experimental and Numerical Study of Soft Tissue Surrogate Behavior Under Ballistic Loading

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ericka K. Amborn ◽  
Karim H. Muci-Küchler ◽  
Brandon J. Hinz
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Constitutive Model ◽  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Constitutive Models ◽  
Material Behavior ◽  
Good Representation

Studying the high strain rate behavior of soft tissues and soft tissue surrogates is of interest to improve the understanding of injury mechanisms during blast and impact events. Tests such as the split Hopkinson pressure bar have been successfully used to characterize material behavior at high strain rates under simple loading conditions. However, experiments involving more complex stress states are needed for the validation of constitutive models and numerical simulation techniques for fast transient events. In particular, for the case of ballistic injuries, controlled tests that can better reflect the effects induced by a penetrating projectile are of interest. This paper presents an experiment that tries to achieve that goal. The experimental setup involves a cylindrical test sample made of a translucent soft tissue surrogate that has a small pre-made cylindrical channel along its axis. A small caliber projectile is fired through the pre-made channel at representative speeds using an air rifle. High speed video is used in conjunction with specialized software to generate data for model validation. A Lagrangian Finite Element Method (FEM) model was prepared in ABAQUS/Explicit to simulate the experiments. Different hyperelastic constitutive models were explored to represent the behavior of the soft tissue surrogate and the required material properties were obtained from high strain rate test data reported in the open literature. The simulation results corresponding to each constitutive model considered were qualitatively compared against the experimental data for a single projectile speed. The constitutive model that provided the closest match was then used to perform an additional simulation at a different projectile velocity and quantitative comparisons between numerical and experimental results were made. The comparisons showed that the Marlow hyperelastic model available in ABAQUS/Explicit was able to produce a good representation of the soft tissue surrogate behavior observed experimentally at the two projectile speeds considered.

scholarly journals Carbon Nanotube Peapods Under High-Strain Rate Conditions: A Molecular Dynamics Investigation

MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (33-34) ◽  
pp. 1723-1730
Author(s):  
J. M. De Sousa ◽  
C. F. Woellner ◽  
L. D. Machado ◽  
P. A. S. Autreto ◽  
D. S. Galvao
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Optical Modulation ◽  
Carbon Structures ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Forms Of Carbon ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTNew forms of carbon-based materials have received great attention, and the developed materials have found many applications in nanotechnology. Interesting novel carbon structures include the carbon peapods, which are comprised of fullerenes encapsulated within carbon nanotubes. Peapod-like nanostructures have been successfully synthesized, and have been used in optical modulation devices, transistors, solar cells, and in other devices. However, the mechanical properties of these structures are not completely elucidated. In this work, we investigated, using fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, the deformation of carbon peapods under high-strain rate conditions, which are achieved by shooting the peapods at ultrasonic velocities against a rigid substrate. Our results show that carbon peapods experience large deformation at impact, and undergo multiple fracture pathways, depending primarily on the relative orientation between the peapod and the substrate, and the impact velocity. Observed outcomes include fullerene ejection, carbon nanotube fracture, fullerene, and nanotube coalescence, as well as the formation of amorphous carbon structures.

On the Constitutive Models for Ultra-High Strain Rate Deformation of Metals

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (S1) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Hossein Sedaghat ◽  
Weixing Xu ◽  
Liangchi Zhang ◽  
Weidong Liu
Keyword(s):  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Constitutive Models ◽  
High Strain Rate Deformation

scholarly journals Compressive Mechanical Properties of Porcine Brain: Experimentation and Modeling of the Tissue Hydration Effects

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj K. Prabhu ◽  
Mark T. Begonia ◽  
Wilburn R. Whittington ◽  
Michael A. Murphy ◽  
Yuxiong Mao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Human Head ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Porcine Brain ◽  
Strain Behavior

Designing protective systems for the human head—and, hence, the brain—requires understanding the brain’s microstructural response to mechanical insults. We present the behavior of wet and dry porcine brain undergoing quasi-static and high strain rate mechanical deformations to unravel the effect of hydration on the brain’s biomechanics. Here, native ‘wet’ brain samples contained ~80% (mass/mass) water content and ‘dry’ brain samples contained ~0% (mass/mass) water content. First, the wet brain incurred a large initial peak stress that was not exhibited by the dry brain. Second, stress levels for the dry brain were greater than the wet brain. Third, the dry brain stress–strain behavior was characteristic of ductile materials with a yield point and work hardening; however, the wet brain showed a typical concave inflection that is often manifested by polymers. Finally, finite element analysis (FEA) of the brain’s high strain rate response for samples with various proportions of water and dry brain showed that water played a major role in the initial hardening trend. Therefore, hydration level plays a key role in brain tissue micromechanics, and the incorporation of this hydration effect on the brain’s mechanical response in simulated injury scenarios or virtual human-centric protective headgear design is essential.

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