EQUATION OF STATE & FAILURE CRITERIA OF DUAL FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURAL ENERGETIC MATERIALS

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hanagud ◽  
X. Lu ◽  
R. Zaharieva ◽  
Mark Elert ◽  
Michael D. Furnish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Equation Of State ◽  
Energetic Materials ◽  
Failure Criteria ◽  
State Failure ◽  
Dual Functional ◽  
Structural Energetic Materials

Shock-Induced Chemical Reactions in Multi-Functional Structural Energetic Intermetallic Nanocomposite Mixtures

Aerospace ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Narayanan ◽  
X. Lu ◽  
S. Hanagud
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Energetic Materials ◽  
Thermal Loading ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Irreversible Processes ◽  
Finite Difference Schemes ◽  
Dual Functional ◽  
Metal Metal

Shock induced chemical reactions of intermetallics or mixtures of metal and metal-oxides are also used to synthesize new materials with unique phases and microstructures. These materials are also of significant interest to the energetics community because of the significant amount of heat energy released during chemical reactions when subjected to shock and/or thermal loading. Binary energetic materials are classified into two categories— metal/metal oxides and intermetallics. When these materials are synthesized at a nano level with binders and other structural reinforcements, the strength of the resulting mixture increases. Thus, these materials can be used as dual-functional binary energetic structural materials. In this paper, we study the shock-induced chemical reactions of intermetallic mixtures of nickel and aluminum of varying volume fractions of the constituents. The chemical reaction between nickel and aluminum produces different products based on the volume fraction of the starting nickel and aluminum. These chemical reactions along with the transition state are modeled at the continuum level. In this paper, the intermetallic mixture is impact loaded and the subsequent shock process and associated irreversible processes such as void collapse and chemical reactions are modeled in the framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Extended irreversible thermodynamics (EIT) is used to describe the fluxes in this system and account for the associated irreversible processes. Numerical simulations of the intermetallic mixture are carried out using finite difference schemes.

A Comparison of Different Ni+Al Structural Energetic Materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Aydelotte ◽  
N.N. Thadhani
Keyword(s):  
Energetic Materials ◽  
Impact Tests ◽  
Reactive Materials ◽  
Microstructure Morphology ◽  
Structural Energetic Materials

AbstractA comparison of different Ni+Al reactive materials is conducted to elucidate the effects of microstructure morphology on performance. CTH, a multi-material Eulerian hydrocode, was utilized to study mesoscale deformation during simulated rod-on-anvil experiments. It is found that the cold sprayed Ni+Al, which has a more topologically connected nickel phase, is likely to be more reactive because of enhanced deformation in the Ni phase relative to explosively compacted Ni+Al, where the Ni phase undergoes less deformation. Rod-on-anvil impact tests verify that cold sprayed Ni+Al is indeed more reactive than explosively compacted Ni+Al when subject to impact.

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