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Title: Dynamic fracture behavior of single and contacting Poly(methyl methacrylate) particles

Abstract

Fracture behaviors of single, two, and multiple contacting spherical Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles were recorded using high speed synchrotron X-ray phase contrast imaging. A miniaturized Kolsky bar setup was used to apply dynamic compressive loading on the PMMA particles. In both single and two particle experiments, cracking initiated near the center of the particles and propagated towards the contacts. The crack bifurcated near the contact points for single particle experiments, thus forming conical fragments. The crack bifurcation and subsequent conical fragment formation was observed only at the particle-particle contact for two particle experiments. The particles were observed to fracture in hemispherical fragments normal to the contact plane in the multiparticle experiments. The observed failure mechanisms strongly suggest that the maximum tensile stress near the center of the particle is the critical parameter governing fracture of the particles. Moreover, the compressive stress under the contact areas led to the bifurcation and subsequent conical fragment formation.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [4];  [2]
  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  2. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  3. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1415986
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1549969
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Powder Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0921-8831
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Polymer particle fracture; High speed X-ray phase contrast imaging; Kolsky bar; dynamic fracture

Citation Formats

Parab, Niranjan D., Guo, Zherui, Hudspeth, Matthew C., Claus, Benjamin J., Fezzaa, Kamel, Sun, Tao, and Chen, Weinong W. Dynamic fracture behavior of single and contacting Poly(methyl methacrylate) particles. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apt.2017.08.021.
Parab, Niranjan D., Guo, Zherui, Hudspeth, Matthew C., Claus, Benjamin J., Fezzaa, Kamel, Sun, Tao, & Chen, Weinong W. Dynamic fracture behavior of single and contacting Poly(methyl methacrylate) particles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2017.08.021
Parab, Niranjan D., Guo, Zherui, Hudspeth, Matthew C., Claus, Benjamin J., Fezzaa, Kamel, Sun, Tao, and Chen, Weinong W. Tue . "Dynamic fracture behavior of single and contacting Poly(methyl methacrylate) particles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2017.08.021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1415986.
@article{osti_1415986,
title = {Dynamic fracture behavior of single and contacting Poly(methyl methacrylate) particles},
author = {Parab, Niranjan D. and Guo, Zherui and Hudspeth, Matthew C. and Claus, Benjamin J. and Fezzaa, Kamel and Sun, Tao and Chen, Weinong W.},
abstractNote = {Fracture behaviors of single, two, and multiple contacting spherical Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles were recorded using high speed synchrotron X-ray phase contrast imaging. A miniaturized Kolsky bar setup was used to apply dynamic compressive loading on the PMMA particles. In both single and two particle experiments, cracking initiated near the center of the particles and propagated towards the contacts. The crack bifurcated near the contact points for single particle experiments, thus forming conical fragments. The crack bifurcation and subsequent conical fragment formation was observed only at the particle-particle contact for two particle experiments. The particles were observed to fracture in hemispherical fragments normal to the contact plane in the multiparticle experiments. The observed failure mechanisms strongly suggest that the maximum tensile stress near the center of the particle is the critical parameter governing fracture of the particles. Moreover, the compressive stress under the contact areas led to the bifurcation and subsequent conical fragment formation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apt.2017.08.021},
journal = {Advanced Powder Technology},
number = 11,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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