Abstract
This paper describes the meso scale deformation behavior of polymer bonded energetic materials under quasistatic compression. Polymer bonded energetic material contains 80-90% of sugar crystals (as simulant of HMX) and 10-20% of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and plasticizer are cold pressed using a mold made of stainless steel. Meso and macro scale experiments are conducted to understand the multi-scale deformation mechanisms under uniaxial compression. Specimen with different amount of solid loading has been tested under compression and the crack nucleation in the case of high solid volume fraction and low volume fractions are studied. The displacement and strain fields of the specimen in all cases are measured using in-situ high resolution optical microscope and digital image correlation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Mechanics of Composite and Multifunctional Materials - Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics |
Editors | Piyush R. Thakre, Carter Ralph, Meredith Silberstein, Raman Singh |
Publisher | Springer New York LLC |
Pages | 345-350 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319217611 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2015 - Costa Mesa, United States Duration: Jun 8 2015 → Jun 11 2015 |
Publication series
Name | Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series |
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Volume | 7 |
ISSN (Print) | 2191-5644 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2191-5652 |
Conference
Conference | SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2015 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Costa Mesa |
Period | 6/8/15 → 6/11/15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The financial support of Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) under Grant No FA9550-14-1-0209 is gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. 2016.
Keywords
- DIC
- Energetic
- Meso-scale
- Polymer bonded explosive
- Strain localization