Aluminum behavior during fire heating : focus on deformation.

Conference · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1027071

Bowyer, Justin ^[1]; Donaldson, A Burl; Gill, Walter; Luketa, Anay Josephine

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1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

This paper discusses testing and modeling efforts to experimentally determine, and numerically model the behavior of aluminum at incipient melt conditions. More particularly, the role of the oxide layer which develops on the surface of aluminum which is heating in an oxidizing environment has been found to influence deformation. Several configurations where tested composed of aluminum rods at different orientations with regard to standard gravity, and video images were taken to record movement. The numerical model of some of the events was matched to experimental configuration to determine the validity of the model for describing movement.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1027071
• Report Number(s): SAND2010-6659C; TRN: US201121%%280
• Resource Relation: Conference: Proposed for presentation at the 10th International IAFSS Symposium held June 19-24, 2011 in College Park, MD.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM
CONFIGURATION
DEFORMATION
HEATING
OXIDES
SIMULATION
TESTING