Comparison of Deformation and Shock Reactivity for Single Crystals of RDX and Ammonium Perchlorate

1992 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Sandusky ◽  
B. C. Beard ◽  
B. C. Glancy ◽  
W. L. Elban ◽  
R. W. Armstrong

AbstractDeformation of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and ammonium perchlorate (AP) crystals at low strain rates was studied by diamond pyramid (Vickers and Knoop) microindentation hardness testing. RDX is two to three times harder than AP and has relatively limited slip system activity. While both crystals readily crack, cracking did not reduce hardness in RDX but did in AP. Strain fields surrounding the hardness impressions in RDX were extremely localized while in AP they extended well beyond the impressions. Shock experiments were conducted on large (5–9 mm), single crystals in a fluid-filled tank designed to permit high-speed photography and sample recovery. Reaction threshold was obtained by varying the shock pressure entering the crystals. Shock-entry orientation and large hardness impressions were used to alter microstructural responses. High-speed photography showed luminous crack propagation and reaction in both materials and the same slip deformation in AP as from hardness testing. Orientation affected the microstructural response and reaction threshold for AP, and hardness impressions sensitized chemical decomposition far from the impressions. Recovered AP crystals were much more plastically deformed than RDX crystals and were often still transparent in the region opposite shock entry. Recovered RDX crystals, at even the lowest shock pressure of 8.6 kbar, were uniformly white from a high density of fine cracks. RDX reaction threshold was ∼62 kbar versus 17 to 24 kbar for AP, depending on crystal orientation to the shock wave.

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (09n11) ◽  
pp. 1068-1073
Author(s):  
TOMOKAZU MASUDA ◽  
KENJI SAITO ◽  
IZUMI MORITA ◽  
SHUSHI IKEDA ◽  
KOICHI MAKII ◽  
...  

In order to evaluate dynamic deformation behaviors under high strain rates, Kobe Steel has developed and applied a Split-Hopkinson Bar (SHB) apparatus. This paper discusses the validity of the strain measurements and strain rates measured by this SHB apparatus. The strain waves that propagated in the incident and transmitted bars and the specimen are captured using a high-resolution type high-speed photography in detail. The strain wave propagated many times in the incident and transmitted bars and the specimen when the specimen was not broken. The amount of the deformation of the specimen decreases with the propagation frequency of the incident wave. On the other hand, to improve accuracy at the strain and strain rate calculated by the one-dimensional stress wave theory, Young's modulus, the longitudinal wave speed, and the density were accurately determined. It was understood that the calculation value showed the strain and strain rate captured with the high-speed photography are a good agreement. As a result, the validity of the measurement accuracy of this SHB could be shown.


Polymers are increasingly being used in applications where they are rapidly deformed. However, compared with metals, relatively few studies of their mechanical properties at high rates of strain have been published. This paper describes an investigation of the rapid deformation behaviour in compression of a number of widely used polymeric materials. The necessity of properly characterizing polymers is discussed, as the variation of commercial grades bearing the same name is considerable, and furthermore these materials are much more susceptible to change during storage than say metals. The importance of thermal properties to rapid, and hence adiabatic, deformation is pointed out, and tables of such properties are presented. Extensive use was made of high-speed photography (interframe time 7 (is) to study qualitatively the behaviour of solid discs of polymers at strain rates of 2.5 x 10 3 s -1 . The framing speed was sufficiently fast to capture fracture initiation and subsequent failure of all the polymers studied, including polycarbonate (PC), which fails in an almost explosive manner. The darkening of heat-sensitive film in contact with deforming discs was also investigated. Quantitatively, this technique was used to check the applicability of Avitzur’s analysis (Avitzur ( Israel J. Technol . 2, 295-304 (1964)) of a deforming annulus to polymers. Agreement was found to be good and hence friction could be measured during deformation at high rates of strain for the first time. Studies were also carried out to determine the best lubricant for rapid compressive testing. Petroleum jelly was found to reduce the friction closest to zero. An optically identical system was set up in an Instron mechanical testing machine both to perform friction studies and to explore deviation from incompressible behaviour. Agreement with Avitzur’s analysis was found to be poorer, and no lubricant was found to reduce friction below about 3-4 %. PC, with a very high value of frictional stress, showed evidence of a change in volume. Allowances were made for the elastic indentation of the anvils. Higher strain rates were achieved by using an instrumented drop-weight machine and a direct impact Kolsky bar, both developed in this laboratory. Care was taken to eliminate sources of error, including friction and calibration errors. The strain rate sensitivity of the polymers ranged from 5—15 MPa per decade of strain rate. However, most showed some softening as the strain rate was raised from 10 3 to 10 4 s -1 , the exceptions being polybutylene teraphthalate (PBT) and polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF).


2007 ◽  
Vol 566 ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Hamashima ◽  
Akinori Osada ◽  
Shigeru Itoh ◽  
Yukio Kato

Some liquid explosives have two different detonation behaviors: high velocity detonation (HVD) or low velocity detonation (LVD). The detonation behavior depends on the level of the initiating shock pressure. The detailed structure of LVD in liquid explosives has not yet been clarified. A physical model was proposed that LVD is not a self-reactive detonation, but rather a supported-reactive detonation from the cavitation field generated by precursor shock waves. In this study, high-speed photography was used to investigate the detonation behavior of nitromethane (NM) with the various initiating shock pressures. Stable LVD was not observed, only transient LVD was observed. A very complicated structure of LVD was observed: the interaction of multiple precursor shock waves, multiple oblique shock waves, and a cavitation field. Multiple shock waves propagating in non-detonating NM were observed for shock pressures below the range required for LVD, while above the LVD range HVD was observed.


Author(s):  
G. S. Sohoni ◽  
M. V. Walame ◽  
V. Tandon ◽  
R. S. Mahajan ◽  
S. Raju

This paper reviews experimental as well as computational techniques for determining stress-strain characteristics of materials at high strain rates. Quasi-static and dynamic compression tests were performed on standard Lead (Pb) specimens of three different L/D ratios, 0.8, 2 and 3. A Drop tower system was used to achieve different strain rates along with high-speed camera to capture the vertical and radial deformation of specimen and accelerometers to capture load data. The results obtained from the experiments were processed to generate dynamic stress-strain curve for Lead under different strain rate conditions. It was observed that the dynamic stress increases with increasing strain rate. The information gained is valuable for validating constitutive models.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5081
Author(s):  
Francisca Martínez-Hergueta ◽  
Antonio Pellegrino ◽  
Álvaro Ridruejo ◽  
Nik Petrinic ◽  
Carlos González ◽  
...  

The tensile testing of a needle-punched nonwoven fabric is presented. A high-sensitivity Split-Hopkinson Tensile Bar device was specifically designed for this purpose. The strain gauge measurements were combined with high-speed photography and Digital Image Correlation to analyse the deformation micromechanisms at high strain rates. The experimental set-up allowed to determine the wave propagation velocity of the as-received nonwove fabric, the evolution of the strain field with deformation and the wave interaction inside the fabric. The deformation was accommodated by the same micromechanisms observed during quasi-static tensile testing and ballistic impact, which comprised fibre straightening, rotation and sliding. Heterogeneous strain fields were developed in the nonwoven fabric as a result of the non-linear pseudoplastic response of the fabric and the internal dissipation due to the frictional deformation micromechanisms, preventing the propagation of high magnitude strain waves into the specimen. Additionally, the output forces were analysed to determine the influence of high-strain rates in the mechanical response of the nonwoven fabric, finding an increment of the stiffness for low applied strains under dynamic loading. These findings provide the basis to develop strain-rate dependent constitutive models to predict wave propagation in needle-punched nonwoven fabrics when subjected to impact loads.


Author(s):  
J. A. Korbonski ◽  
L. E. Murr

Comparison of recovery rates in materials deformed by a unidimensional and two dimensional strains at strain rates in excess of 104 sec.−1 was performed on AISI 304 Stainless Steel. A number of unidirectionally strained foil samples were deformed by shock waves at graduated pressure levels as described by Murr and Grace. The two dimensionally strained foil samples were obtained from radially expanded cylinders by a constant shock pressure pulse and graduated strain as described by Foitz, et al.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-129
Author(s):  
Shin’ichi Aratani

High speed photography using the Cranz-Schardin camera was performed to study the crack divergence and divergence angle in thermally tempered glass. A tempered 3.5 mm thick glass plate was used as a specimen. It was shown that two types of bifurcation and branching existed as the crack divergence. The divergence angle was smaller than the value calculated from the principle of optimal design and showed an acute angle.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Rakhimov ◽  
A.T. Akhmetov

The paper presents results of hydrodynamic and rheological studies of the inverse water hydrocarbon emulsions. The success of the application of invert emulsions in the petroleum industry due, along with the high viscosity of the emulsion, greatly exceeding the viscosity of the carrier phase, the dynamic blocking effect, which consists in the fact that the rate of flow of emulsions in capillary structures and cracks falls with time to 3-4 orders, despite the permanent pressure drop. The reported study shows an increase in viscosity with increasing concentration or dispersion of emulsion. The increase in dispersion of w/o emulsion leads to an acceleration of the onset of dynamic blocking. The use of microfluidic devices, is made by soft photolithography, along with high-speed photography (10,000 frames/s), allowed us to see in the blocking condition the deformation of the microdroplets of water in inverse emulsion prepared from simple chemical compounds.


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