High- and low-strain rate compression properties of several energetic material composites as a function of strain rate and temperature
High- and low-strain rate compression data were obtained on several different energetic composites: PBX 9501, X0242-92-4-4, PBXN-9, as well as the polymeric binder used in PBX 9501 and X0242-92-4-4 composites. The effects of energetic-to-binder ratios, different binder systems, and different energetic formulations were investigated. All the energetic composites exhibit increasing elastic modulus, E, maximum flow stresses, {sigma}{sub m}, and strain-at-maximum stress, {var_epsilon}{sub m}, with increasing strain rate at ambient temperature. PBX 9501 displays marginally higher ultimate flow strength than X0242-92-4-4, and significantly higher ultimate compressive strength than PBXN-9 at quasi-static and dynamic strain rates. The failure mode of PBX 9501 and X0242-92-4-4 under high-rate loading changes from a mixture of ductile binder tearing and transgranular cleavage and cracking of the HMX when tested at 20 C to transgranular brittle HMX cleavage and glassy fracture of the binder at {minus}40 C.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 329541
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-98-3059; CONF-980803-; ON: DE99001773; TRN: AHC29912%%59
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. detonation symposium, Snowmass, CO (United States), 31 Aug - 4 Sep 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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