Meso-scale deformation behavior of polymer bonded energetic material under quasi-static compression

Suraj Ravindran, Addis Kidane

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMechanics of Composite and Multifunctional Materials - Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
EditorsPiyush R. Thakre, Carter Ralph, Meredith Silberstein, Raman Singh
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages345-350
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783319217611
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2015 - Costa Mesa, United States
Duration: Jun 8 2015Jun 11 2015

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Volume7
ISSN (Print)2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5652

Conference

ConferenceSEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCosta Mesa
Period6/8/156/11/15

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

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