A High-Rate, Single-Crystal Model for Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine including Phase Transformations and Plastic Slip
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
A continuum model for the high-rate, thermo-mechanical deformation of single-crystal cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) is developed. The model includes the effects of anisotropy, large deformations, nonlinear thermo-elasticity, phase transformations, and plastic slip. A multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient is used. The volumetric elastic component of the deformation is accounted for through a free-energy based equation of state for the low- (α) and high-pressure (γ) polymorphs of RDX. Crystal plasticity is addressed using a phenomenological thermal activation model. The deformation gradient for the phase transformation is based on an approach that has been applied to martensitic transformations. Simulations were conducted and compared to high-rate, impact loading of oriented RDX single crystals. The simulations considered multiple orientations of the crystal relative to the direction of shock loading and multiple sample thicknesses. Thirteen slip systems, which were inferred from indentation and x-ray topography, were used to model the α-polymorph. It is shown that by increasing the number of slip systems from the previously considered number of six (6) to thirteen (13) in the α-polymorph, better comparisons with data may be obtained. Simulations of impact conditions in the vicinity of the α- to γ-polymorph transformation (3.8 GPa) are considered. Eleven of the simulations, which were at pressures below the transformation value (3.0 GPa), were compared to experimental data. Comparison of the model was also made with available data for one experiment above the transformation pressure (4.4 GPa). Also, simulations are provided for a nominal pressure of 7.5 GPa to demonstrate the effect of the transformation kinetics on the deformation of a high-rate plate impact problem.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1369176
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-28974
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 121, Issue 18; ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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