Pulse shaping techniques for testing brittle materials with a split hopkinson pressure bar

We present pulse shaping techniques to obtain compressive stress-strain data for brittle materials with the split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus. The conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus is modified by shaping the incident pulse such that the samples are in dynamic stress equilibrium and have nearly constant strain rate over most of the test duration. A thin disk of annealed or hard C11000 copper is placed on the impact surface of the incident bar in order to shape the incident pulse. After impact by the striker bar, the copper disk deforms plastically and spreads the pulse in the incident bar. We present an analytical model and data that show a wide variety of incident strain pulses can be produced by varying the geometry of the copper disks and the length and striking velocity of the striker bar. Model predictions are in good agreement with measurements. In addition, we present data for a machineable glass ceramic material, Macor, that shows pulse shaping is required to obtain dynamic stress equilibrium and a nearly constant strain rate over most of the test duration.     

A split Hopkinson bar technique for low-impedance materials

An experimental technique that modifies the conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar has been developed for measuring the compressive stress-strain responses of materials with low mechanical impedance and low compressive strengths such as elastomers at high strain rates. A high-strength aluminum alloy was used for the bar materials instead of steel, and the transmission bar was hollow. The lower Young's modulus of the aluminum alloy and the smaller cross-sectional area of the hollow bar increased the amplitude of the transmitted strain signal by an order of magnitude as compared to a conventional steel bar. In addition, a pulse shaper lengthened the rise time of the incident pulse to ensure stress equilibrium and homogeneous deformation in the low-impedance specimen. Experimental results show that the high strain rate, compressive stress-strain behavior of an elastomeric material can be determined accurately and reliably using this technique.     

A split Hopkinson pressure bar technique to determine compressive stress-strain data for rock materials

This paper presents a split Hopkinson pressure bar technique to obtain compressive stress-strain data for rock materials. This technique modifies the conventional split Hopkinson bar apparatus by placing a thin copper disk on the impact surface of the incident bar. When the striker bar impacts the copper disk, a nondispersive ramp pulse propagates in the incident bar and produces a nearly constant strain rate in a rock sample. Data from experiments with limestone show that the samples are in dynamic stress equilibrium and have constant strain rates over most of the test durations. In addition, the ramp pulse durations can be controlled such that samples are unloaded just prior to failure. Thus, intact samples that experience strains beyond the elastic region and postpeak stresses can be retrieved for microstructural evaluations. The paper also presents analytical models that predict the time durations for sample equilibrium and constant strain rate. Model predictions are in good agreement with measurements.     

碳布叠层/碳复合材料动态压缩性能测试研究

利用带有波形整形器的Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar(SHPB)技术测试了碳布叠层/碳复合材料在应变率为500、1 500 s-1时的动态压缩性能。研究结果表明:利用轧制紫铜作为整形器材料不仅可以有效地实现对碳布叠层/碳复合材料的常应变率压缩加载，而且有助于改善试样两端的应力平衡，从而保证测试数据的可靠性；此外，与准静态压缩相比较，在动态压缩载荷下，碳布叠层/碳复合材料的压缩强度有较强的应变率效应，且复合材料压缩强度的动态增加函数可以用Cowper-Symonds幂函数的形式来表示。     

较低应变率大应变条件下聚氨脂泡沫材料的态力学性能实验

利用加长型分离式霍普金森压杆(入射杆长6000mm、子弹长800mm)研究聚氨脂泡沫材料在较 低应变率大应变条件一维应力状态下的动态力学性能,获得了约550s的长加载脉冲,得到了该材料在应变 率520s-1、应变0.15条件下的应力应变曲线,对较低应变率条件下,应变率与动态应力平衡之间的关联进行 了讨论。     

Dynamic characterization of compliant materials using an all-polymeric split Hopkinson bar

The split Hopkinson bar is a reliable experimental technique for measuring high strain rate properties of high-strength materials. Attempts to apply the split Hopkinson bar in measurement on more compliant materials, such as plastics, rubbers and foams, suffer from limitations on the maximum achievable strain and from high noise-to-signal ratios. The present work introduces and all-polymeric split Hopkinson bar (APSHB) experiment, which overcomes these limitations. The proposed method uses polymeric pressure bars to achieve a closer impedance match between the pressure bars and the specimen materials, thus providing both a low noise-to-signal ratio data and a longer input pulse for higher maximum strain. The APSHB requires very careful data reduction procedures because of the viscoelastic behavior of the incident and transmitter pressure bars. High-quality stress-strain data for a variety of compliant materials, such as polycarbonate, polyurethane foam and styrofoam, are presented.     

A quartz-crystal-embedded split Hopkinson pressure bar for soft materials

A dynamic experimental technique that is three orders of magnitude as sensitive in stress measurement as a conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) has been developed. Experimental results show that this new method is effective and reliable for determining the dynamic compressive stress-strain responses of materials with low mechanical impedance and low compressive strengths, such as elastomeric materials and foams at high strain rates. The technique is based on a conventional SHPB. Instead of a surface strain gage mounted on the transmission bar, a piezoelectric force transducer was embedded in the middle of the transmission bar of a high-strength aluminum alloy to directly measure the weakly transmitted force profile from a soft specimen. In addition, a pulse-shape technique was used for increasing the rise time of the incident pulse to ensure stress equilibrium and homogeneous deformation in the low-impedance and low-strength specimen.     

侧限压缩下干燥砂的动态力学性能

通过添加波形整形器的分离式霍普金森压杆(SHPB),研究了侧限条件下干燥砂在不同应变率和 不同预压时的动态压缩力学性能,并利用MTS810材料实验系统,研究了干燥砂的准静态压缩应力应变曲 线。实验采用的材料为硅基细颗粒干燥砂,粒径分布范围为150~245m,自然堆积状态的密度为 1.40g/cm3。研究发现,应变率对干燥砂压缩过程影响不大,而不同的预压对实验结果影响显著。     

大尺寸Hopkinson压杆及其应用

本文介绍了国内最大尺寸的SHPB装置;讨论了在大尺寸SHPB装置上测量混凝土类材料动态力学性能将会出现的几个问题;采取了在入射杆的打击端加设波形整形器,在试件与杆件之间加设万向头及在试件上直接测量应变等新的实验技术及采用新的数据处理方法,提高了试验结果的精确度和可信度;简要介绍了利用ф100 SHPB装置对四种体积含量(0,2%,4%和6%)钢纤维高强混凝土进行三种应变率(10~20/s,35~45/s和75~85/s)的冲击压缩实验。实验结果表明,钢纤维高强混凝土具有较强的应变率效应,其破坏应力、峰值应变随应变率增加而显著增加,弹性模量也随应变率增加而增加。另外,钢纤维含量对混凝土具有增韧效应,随着钢纤维含量的增加,其韧性增大,脆性降低。     

Thickness Effect of Pulse Shaper on Dynamic Stress Equilibrium and Dynamic Deformation Behavior in the Polycarbonate Using SHPB Technique

0Introduction Thehighstrainratestress strainresponsesofpolymersandpolymericcompositematerialshave receivedincreasedscientificandindustrialattentioninrecentyears.Polymericmaterialsaresubjected todynamicloadingandhighstrainratedeformationinavarietyofimporta…     

PBX炸药本构关系的实验研究

在SHPB装置上开展了某典型PBX炸药的单轴压缩、间接拉伸实验。利用入射波整形技术,结合 半导体应变片和石英晶体联合测试的方法,实现了PBX炸药的应力平衡和恒应变率加载,得到了不同应变率 下某PBX炸药的压缩应力应变曲线,初步建立了该炸药的修正Sargin唯象模型;开展了3种PBX炸药的动 态巴西实验,通过高速摄影获得了炸药的破坏过程,结合数字相关技术,获得了试样裂纹附近的应变场分布, 初步建立了描述3种炸药动态拉伸行为的修正Johnson-Cook模型。模型曲线与实验结果符合较好。     

Loading and unloading split hopkinson pressure bar pulse-shaping techniques for dynamic hysteretic loops

Pulse-shaping techniques are developed for both the loading and unloading paths of a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) experiment to obtain valid dynamic stress-strain loops for engineering materials. Front and rear pulse-shapers, in association with a momentum trap, are used to precisely control the profiles of the loading and unloading portions of the incident pulse. The modifications, ensure that the specimen deforms at the same constant strain rate under dynamic stress equilibrium during both loading and unloading stages of an experiment so that dynamic stress-strain loops can be accurately determined. Dynamic stress-strain loops with a constant strain rate for a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy and polymethyl methacrylate are determined using the modified SHPB. The modified momentum trap prevents repeated loading on a specimen without affecting the amplitude of the desired loading pulse and without damaging the bar at high stress levels.     

A Long Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (LSHPB) for Intermediate-rate Characterization of Soft Materials

In this study, we developed a long split Hopkinson pressure bar (LSHPB) for mechanically characterizing soft materials at intermediate strain rates. Using a proper pulse shaper, a loading pulse over 3 ms was produced for compression experiments on a PMDI foam material at the strain rates in the order of 10/s. The pulse shaping technique minimized the dispersion effects of stress wave when propagating through such a long bar system. Consistency of stress–strain curves obtained from the LSHPB and an MTS in the same strain rate range shows that a gap currently existing in intermediate strain-rate range is closed by the introduction of the LSHPB.     

水泥砂浆的一个热粘弹性率型损伤本构模型

利用SHPB实验系统及自行研制的混凝土类材料快速高温加热设备,对水泥砂浆试件进行了不同 温度(20~600℃)和3种冲击速度下的实验,得到了不同温度和冲击速度下水泥砂浆试件的应力应变关系曲 线。基于ZWT粘弹性本构模型,并且考虑高温下水泥砂浆损伤演化规律都服从Weibull分布,提出了一个水 泥砂浆的热粘弹性率型损伤本构模型。通过数据拟合,获得了本构模型的相关参数,结果表明:理论预测和实 验结果吻合良好。     

Performance evaluation of accelerometers used for penetration experiments

We present a Hopkinson bar technique to evaluate the performance of accelerometers that measure large amplitude pulses, such as those experienced during projectile penetration tests. An aluminum striker bar impacts a thin Plexiglas or copper disk placed on the impact surface of an aluminum incident bar. The Plexiglas or copper disk pulse shaper produces a nondispersive stress wave that propagates in the aluminum incident bar and eventually interacts with a tungsten disk at the end of the bar. A quartz stress gage is placed between the aluminum bar and tungsten disk, and an accelerometer is mounted to the free end of the tungsten disk. An analytical model shows that the rise time of the incident stress pulse in the aluminum bar is long enough and the tungsten disk length is short enough that the response of the tungsten disk can be accurately approximated as rigid-body motion. We measure stress at the aluminum bar-tungsten disk interface with the quartz gage and we calculate rigid-body acceleration of the tungsten disk from Newton's Second Law and the stress gage data. In addition, we measure strain-time at two locations on the aluminum incident bar to show that the incident strain pulse is nondispersive and we calculate rigid-body acceleration of the tungsten disk from a model that uses this strain-time data. Thus, we can compare accelerations measured with the accelerometer and accelerations calculated with models that use stress gage and strain gage measurements. We show that all three acceleration-time pulses are in very close agreement for acceleration amplitudes to about 20,000 G.     

104s-1应变率下SHPB系统实验相关问题探讨

利用小直径(3.17mm)的SHPB系统初步获得两种较高强度材料(一种特种钢和一种WMo合金)应变率达到104s-1以上的动态压缩应力 应变曲线。通过对这次实验过程及结果的观察和分析,对高应变率实验存在的几个问题进行了探讨。     

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF 6061 AL ALLOY AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES AND DIFFERENT STRAIN RATES

The compressive stress-strain relationships of 6061Al alloy over wide temperatures and strain rates are investigated. The dynamic impact experiments are performed using an improved high temperature split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus. The experimental results are compared with those obtained by the modified Johnson-Cook constitutive model. It is found that the dynamic mechanical behavior depends sensitively on temperature under relatively low strain rates or on strain rate at relatively high temperatures. The good agreement indicates that it is valid to adopt the parameter identification method and the constitutive model to describe and predict the mechanical response of materials.     

基于Hopkinson压杆的M型试样动态拉伸实验方法研究

采用传统分离式Hopkinson压杆进行M型试样的动态拉伸实验,可避免试样与杆的连接问题,但该方法并未得到发展和验证。本文中,采用有限元数值分析和实验方法,对M型试样动态拉伸实验进行分析和改进。结果表明:（1）改进的封闭M型试样,可以增强试样整体刚度,有效减少试样畸变引起的附加弯矩对拉伸标段的影响,方便通过Hopkinson压杆加载实现一维拉伸变形;（2）采用试样刚度系数修正法,可消除M型试样整体结构的弹性变形对测试的影响,精确获得试样拉伸标段的塑性应变;（3）高加载率下,建议采用波形整器加载,可显著减少试样结构引起的载荷震荡现象、改善两端的应力平衡,获得准确的动态拉伸应力应变曲线,实现5 900 s?1甚至更高应变率下的动态拉伸实验。研究方法可为M型试样拉伸实验设计和应用提供参考。     

压杆/试样表面接触变形对SHPB实验应变测量的影响

采用SHPB（split Hopkinson pressure bar）实验技术测量了3种不同尺寸纯铁试样的动态压缩应力应变关系,根据实验结果提出一个经验模型,定量分析了SHPB实验中压杆/试样表面接触变形对应变测量的影响。分析表明,在轴向应力平衡条件下,表面的接触变形对弹性段的应变测量影响显著;对塑性段应变测量的影响与试样的强化模量和长度相关,当试样强化模量较大而长度较小时,这种影响将不可忽略,可根据影响量的经验分析模型对应变进行修正。     

波分离技术在混凝土冲击压缩试验中的应用

介绍了SHPB实验中的波分离技术基本原理,该方法利用两相距很近应变计测量信号分离重叠的入射波和反射波。由于两应变计的距离很近,在弹性杆可以忽略应力波传播的弥散。由于应变计的位置可以非常接近试样,减少了实验中因应力波弥散产生的误差。利用该方法对混凝土进行了冲击压缩实验研究,得到了混凝土的动态应力-应变关系。讨论了测量误差导致波分离技术的误差。