Shock properties of high-strength ceramics
A broad class of brittle solids subjected to large amplitude shock waves can support substantial shear stress (of order 2-10 GPa) without failing due to the very limited slip systems in these materials. When failure occurs under sufficiently intense shock loading, the effect is usually observed as a wave splitting in the compressive shock front. Because of the high confining stress state associated with the failure event in the shock compression environment, it is no longer certain whether the microstructural processes of deformation are brittle or ductile. Some, although by no means sufficient, evidence supports a brittle deformation mechanism in the materials of interest. The present short paper focuses on two aspects of the transition regime neighboring the HEL in the compressive shock process. First, issues of rate dependence associated with prompt yield under shock compression are not well understood. We report here on observations of wave profile data on ceramics, examining he issue of elastic precursor decay. Also in this study, a number of the experimental observations of failure waves in ceramic materials (principally glass) are surveyed. Some of the principal results are summarized and dynamic failure mechanisms consistent with these results are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 46578
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--94-2869C; CONF-950788--5; ON: DE95007731
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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