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Title: Dynamic response of kovar to shock and ramp-wave compression.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1049482

Complementary gas-gun and electro-magnetic pulse tests conducted in Sandia's Dynamic Integrated Compression Experimental (DICE) Facility have, respectively, probed the behavior of electronic-grade Kovar samples under controlled impact and intermediate-strain-rate ICE (Isentropic Compression Experiment) loading. In all tests, velocity interferometer (VISAR) diagnostics provided time-resolved measurements of sample response for conditions involving one-dimensional (i:e:, uniaxial strain) compression and release. Wave-profile data from the gas-gun impact experiments have been analyzed to assess the Hugoniot Elastic Limit (HEL), Hugoniot equation of state, spall strength, and high-pressure yield strength of shocked Kovar. The ICE wave-profile data have been interpreted to determine the locus of isentropic stress-strain states generated in Kovar for deformation rates substantially lower than those associated with a shock process. The impact and ICE results have been compared to examine the influence of loading rate on high-pressure strength.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1049482
Report Number(s):
SAND2007-4982C; TRN: US201218%%13
Resource Relation:
Conference: Proposed for presentation at the 15th American Physical Society Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held June 24-29, 2007 in Kohala Coast, HI.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English