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Title: Real-time visualization of dynamic particle contact failures

Abstract

Granular materials are widely used to resist impact and blast. Under these dynamic loadings, the constituent particles in the granular system fracture. To study the fracture mechanisms in brittle particles under dynamic compressive loading, a high speed X-ray phase contrast imaging setup was synchronized with a Kolsky bar apparatus. Controlled compressive loading was applied on two contacting particles using the Kolsky bar apparatus and fracture process was captured using the high speed X-ray imaging setup. Five different particles were investigated: soda-lime glass, polycrystalline silica (silicon dioxide), polycrystalline silicon, barium titanate glass, and yttrium stabilized zirconia. For both soda lime glass and polycrystalline silica particles, one of the particles fragmented explosively, thus breaking into many small pieces. For Silicon and barium titanate glass particles, a finite number of cracks were observed in one of the particles causing it to fracture. For yttrium stabilized zirconia particles, a single meridonial crack developed in one of the particles, breaking it into two parts.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1395874
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; N00014-14-1-0628
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1793; Conference: 19.Biennial Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM-2015), Tampa Bay, FL (United States), 14-19 Jun 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Continuum mechanics; Granular materials; X-ray phase contrast imaging; Glass; X-ray imaging; Semiconductor materials; Polycrystalline material

Citation Formats

Parab, Niranjan D., Hudspeth, Matthew, Claus, Ben, Guo, Zherui, Sun, Tao, Fezzaa, Kamel, and Chen, Weinong W. Real-time visualization of dynamic particle contact failures. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4971688.
Parab, Niranjan D., Hudspeth, Matthew, Claus, Ben, Guo, Zherui, Sun, Tao, Fezzaa, Kamel, & Chen, Weinong W. Real-time visualization of dynamic particle contact failures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4971688
Parab, Niranjan D., Hudspeth, Matthew, Claus, Ben, Guo, Zherui, Sun, Tao, Fezzaa, Kamel, and Chen, Weinong W. Fri . "Real-time visualization of dynamic particle contact failures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4971688. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1395874.
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abstractNote = {Granular materials are widely used to resist impact and blast. Under these dynamic loadings, the constituent particles in the granular system fracture. To study the fracture mechanisms in brittle particles under dynamic compressive loading, a high speed X-ray phase contrast imaging setup was synchronized with a Kolsky bar apparatus. Controlled compressive loading was applied on two contacting particles using the Kolsky bar apparatus and fracture process was captured using the high speed X-ray imaging setup. Five different particles were investigated: soda-lime glass, polycrystalline silica (silicon dioxide), polycrystalline silicon, barium titanate glass, and yttrium stabilized zirconia. For both soda lime glass and polycrystalline silica particles, one of the particles fragmented explosively, thus breaking into many small pieces. For Silicon and barium titanate glass particles, a finite number of cracks were observed in one of the particles causing it to fracture. For yttrium stabilized zirconia particles, a single meridonial crack developed in one of the particles, breaking it into two parts.},
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year = {Fri Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2017},
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