A Thermovisco-Hyperelastic Constitutive Model of NEPE Propellant Over a Large Range of Strain Rates

Author(s):  
Junfa Zhang ◽  
Jian Zheng ◽  
Xiong Chen ◽  
Chaoxiang Sun ◽  
Jinsheng Xu

The uniaxial compressive mechanical curves of nitrate ester plasticized polyether (NEPE) propellant under different temperatures and strain rates have been obtained with a universal testing machine and modified split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). The experimental results show that the mechanical properties of NEPE propellant are both rate dependent and temperature dependent. With decreasing temperature or increasing strain rate, the modulus and rigidity obviously increase. Based on the previous models proposed by Yang and Pouriayevali, we propose a modified viscohyperelastic constitutive model which can describe the mechanical response over a large range of strain rates. Then we add a rate-dependent temperature item into the modified model to make a thermovisco-hyperelastic constitutive model. By comparing the experimental results with the model, we find that the thermovisco-hyperelastic constitutive model can correctly describe the uniaxial compressive mechanical properties of NEPE propellant at different temperatures and over a large range of strain rates from the static state to 4500 s−1.

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changming Zhang ◽  
Anle Mu ◽  
Yun Wang ◽  
Hui Zhang

In order to investigate the static and dynamic mechanical properties of TC18 titanium alloy, the quasi-static stress–strain curve of TC18 titanium alloy under room temperature was obtained by DNS 100 electronic universal testing machine (Changchun Institute of Mechanical Science Co., Ltd., Changchun, China). Meanwhile, the flow stress–strain curves under different temperatures and strain rates are analyzed by split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device with synchronous assembly system. On the basis of the two experimental data, the JC constitutive model under the combined action of high temperature and impact load is established using the linear least squares method. The results show the following: the yield strength and flow stress of TC18 titanium alloy increase slowly with the increase of the strain rate, and the strain value corresponding to the yield strength is reduced. With the increase of strain, the flow stress increases at first and then decreases at different temperatures. The strain value corresponding to the transition point rises with the temperature increase, and the corresponding stress value remains basically unchanged. With the increase of experimental temperature, the flow stress shows a downward trend, and the JC constitutive model can predict the plastic flow stress well.


2015 ◽  
Vol 782 ◽  
pp. 130-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Zhou ◽  
Wei Guo Guo ◽  
Hai Hui Wu

To explore the thermo-mechanical response of H96 brass alloy, the quasi-static (universal-testing machine) and dynamic (the split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus) uniaxial compression experiments have been performed under the temperatures from 293 K to 873 K and the strain rates from 0.001 s-1 to 6000 s-1, and the strains over 60% are obtained. Results show that, H96 brass alloy has strong strain hardening behavior, and it becomes weaker with the increasing temperature. In addition, this alloy is sensitive to strain rates; and, it has temperature sensitivity, the dynamic strain aging occurs at the temperature of 473 K and a quasi-static strain rate of 0.001 s-1. Based on the thermal activation dislocation mechanism, paralleled with the experimental results, a plastic flow constitutive model with the physical conception is developed. The model is suitable to predict the plastic flow stress at different temperatures and strain rates. According to comparing results, the model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental results.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kebin Zhang ◽  
Wenbin Li ◽  
Yu Zheng ◽  
Wenjin Yao ◽  
Changfang Zhao

The temperature and strain rate significantly affect the ballistic performance of UHMWPE, but the deformation of UHMWPE under thermo-mechanical coupling has been rarely studied. To investigate the influences of the temperature and the strain rate on the mechanical properties of UHMWPE, a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) apparatus was used to conduct uniaxial compression experiments on UHMWPE. The stress–strain curves of UHMWPE were obtained at temperatures of 20–100 °C and strain rates of 1300–4300 s−1. Based on the experimental results, the UHMWPE belongs to viscoelastic–plastic material, and a hardening effect occurs once UHMWPE enters the plastic zone. By comparing the stress–strain curves at different temperatures and strain rates, it was found that UHMWPE exhibits strain rate strengthening and temperature softening effects. By modifying the Sherwood–Frost model, a constitutive model was established to describe the dynamic mechanical properties of UHMWPE at different temperatures. The results calculated using the constitutive model were in good agreement with the experimental data. This study provides a reference for the design of UHMWPE as a ballistic-resistant material.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1589-1600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenxu Cao ◽  
Zhiwu Zhu ◽  
Tiantian Fu ◽  
Zhijie Liu

The deformation of frozen soil under impact loading is usually accompanied by the evolution of internal defects and microdamage. By taking the strain and strain rates into account, a rate-dependent damage evolution law is proposed in this study, under the assumption of equivalent strain. Subsequently, a damage-modified rate-dependent constitutive model is proposed to describe the dynamic mechanical properties of frozen soil. A split Hopkinson pressure bar is utilized to test the dynamic mechanical response of frozen soil at different temperatures and high strain rates. The experimental results show that frozen soil produces obvious strain rate and temperature effects, and that there is a linear relationship between the peak stress and temperature. The theoretical results of the proposed constitutive model agree well with the experimental results, verifying the applicability of the model.


Author(s):  
Kebin Zhang ◽  
Wenbin Li ◽  
Ping Song ◽  
Changfang Zhao ◽  
Kewin Zhang

Abstract Sn-58Bi alloy is a strain-rate-sensitive material. To study the mechanical properties of Sn-58Bi alloy, an MTS universal testing machine and split-Hopkinson pressure bar were used to conduct quasi-static and dynamic testing on Sn-58Bi alloy, obtaining the stress-strain curve of Sn-58Bi alloy at the strain rate of 0.001–6316 s−1. By comparing the tensile and compressive stress–strain curves of Sn-58Bi alloy under quasi-static conditions, it is found that Sn-58Bi alloy is brittle, with its tensile yield strength lower than its compressive yield strength. By comparing the compressive stress–strain curves of Sn-58Bi alloy at different strain rates, it is found that the yield strength of Sn-58Bi alloy increases with increasing strain rate, and a strain-hardening phenomenon is manifested at high strain rate. By revising the Johnson–Cook constitutive model, the constitutive model of Sn-58Bi alloy at different strain rates was established, with the calculated results of the model in good agreement with the experimental results.


2014 ◽  
Vol 887-888 ◽  
pp. 1032-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Chun Di ◽  
Kai Bo Cui ◽  
Jun Qi Qin ◽  
Da Lin Wu

Aluminum brass HAL66-6-3-2 is abrasion-resistant alloy with high strength, hardness and wear resistance, corrosion resistance is also well, commonly used in the field of marine and ordnance industry. The quasi static and dynamic mechanical properties were tested through the use of electronic universal testing machine and Split Hopkinson Tension Bar (SHTB). Meanwhile, the material stress-strain curve at different temperatures and different strain rates is also obtained. Based on Johnson-Cook constitutive model, using the method of least squares fitting the experimental data to determine the model parameters, fitting and experimental results agree well.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuang Liu ◽  
Dongzhi Sun ◽  
Xianfeng Zhang ◽  
Florence Andrieux ◽  
Tobias Gerster

Abstract Cast iron alloys with low production cost and quite good mechanical properties are widely used in the automotive industry. To study the mechanical behavior of a typical ductile cast iron (GJS-450) with nodular graphite, uni-axial quasi-static and dynamic tensile tests at strain rates of 10− 4, 1, 10, 100, and 250 s− 1 were carried out. In order to investigate the effects of stress state, specimens with various geometries were used in the experiments. Stress–strain curves and fracture strains of the GJS-450 alloy in the strain-rate range of 10− 4 to 250 s− 1 were obtained. A strain rate-dependent plastic flow law based on the Voce model is proposed to describe the mechanical behavior in the corresponding strain-rate range. The deformation behavior at various strain rates is observed and analyzed through simulations with the proposed strain rate-dependent constitutive model. The available damage model from Bai and Wierzbicki is extended to take the strain rate into account and calibrated based on the analysis of local fracture strains. The validity of the proposed constitutive model including the damage model was verified by the corresponding experimental results. The results show that the strain rate has obviously nonlinear effects on the yield stress and fracture strain of GJS-450 alloys. The predictions with the proposed constitutive model and damage models at various strain rates agree well with the experimental results, which illustrates that the rate-dependent flow rule and damage models can be used to describe the mechanical behavior of cast iron alloys at elevated strain rates.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Sevsek ◽  
Christian Haase ◽  
Wolfgang Bleck

The strain-rate-dependent deformation behavior of an intercritically annealed X6MnAl12-3 medium-manganese steel was analyzed with respect to the mechanical properties, activation of deformation-induced martensitic phase transformation, and strain localization behavior. Intercritical annealing at 675 °C for 2 h led to an ultrafine-grained multi-phase microstructure with 45% of mostly equiaxed, recrystallized austenite and 55% ferrite or recovered, lamellar martensite. In-situ digital image correlation methods during tensile tests revealed strain localization behavior during the discontinuous elastic-plastic transition, which was due to the localization of strain in the softer austenite in the early stages of plastic deformation. The dependence of the macroscopic mechanical properties on the strain rate is due to the strain-rate sensitivity of the microscopic deformation behavior. On the one hand, the deformation-induced phase transformation of austenite to martensite showed a clear strain-rate dependency and was partially suppressed at very low and very high strain rates. On the other hand, the strain-rate-dependent relative strength of ferrite and martensite compared to austenite influenced the strain partitioning during plastic deformation, and subsequently, the work-hardening rate. As a result, the tested X6MnAl12-3 medium-manganese steel showed a negative strain-rate sensitivity at very low to medium strain rates and a positive strain-rate sensitivity at medium to high strain rates.


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