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Title: Dynamic electromechanical characterization of the ferroelectric ceramic PZT 95/5

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.55677· OSTI ID:295487
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185 (United States)

Shock-induced depoling of the ferroelectric ceramic PZT 95/5 has been utilized in pulsed power applications for many years. Recently, new design and certification requirements have generated a strong interest in numerically simulating the operation of pulsed power devices. Because of a scarcity of relevant experimental data obtained within the past twenty years, we have initiated an extensive experimental study of the dynamic behavior of this material in support of simulation efforts. The experiments performed to date have been limited to examining the behavior of unpoled material. Samples of PZT 95/5 have been shocked to axial stresses from 0.5 to 5.0 GPa in planar impact experiments. Impact face conditions have been recorded using PVDF stress gauges, and transmitted wave profiles have been recorded either at window interfaces or at a free surface using laser interferometry (VISAR). The results significantly extend the stresses examined in prior studies of unpoled material, and ensure that a comprehensive experimental characterization of the mechanical behavior under shock loading is available for continuing development of PZT 95/5 material models. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
295487
Report Number(s):
CONF-970707-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9902M0054
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 429, Issue 1; Conference: Meeting of the topical group on shock compression of condensed matter of the American Physical Society, Amherst, MA (United States), 27 Jul - 1 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English