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Static and dynamic compressive behavior of aluminum nitride under moderate confinement

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society
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  1. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA (United States). Graduate Aeronautical Labs.

An experimental technique for imposing lateral confinement on specimens subjected to dynamic or quasi-static uniaxial compression has been developed. Lateral confinement is provided by a shrink-fit metal sleeve installed on the lateral surface of a cylindrical ceramic specimen. Experiments using this technique were performed on sintered aluminum nitride (AlN). The results show that the failure mode changes from fragmentation by axial splitting under conditions of uniaxial stress to localized faulting under moderate lateral confinement.The compressive failure strength of the AlN increases with the increase of confinement pressure under both static and dynamic loading conditions. The effect of strain rate on the failure strength appears to be independent of the confinement pressure.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
230728
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 79; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTAW
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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