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.     

Pulse shaping techniques for testing elastic-plastic materials with a split Hopkinson pressure bar

We present pulse shaping techniques to obtain compressive stress-strain data for elastic-plastic materials with a split Hopkinson pressure bar. The conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus is modified by placing a combination of copper and steel pulse shapers on the impact surface of the incident bar. After impact by the striker bar, the copper-steel pulse shaper deforms plastically and spreads the pulse in the incident bar so that the sample is nearly in dynamic stress equilibrium and has a nearly constant strain rate in the plastic response region. We present analytical models and data that show a broad range of incident strain pulses can be obtained by varying the pulse shaper geometry and striking velocity. For an application, we present compressive stress-strain data for 4340 R_c 43 steel.     

Comparison of Low Impedance Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Techniques in the Characterization of Polyurea

The split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) technique has been widely employed for over fifty years in characterizing the high strain-rate properties of many common engineering materials. Historically, however, this technique has had limited success in characterizing soft materials, since their low mechanical impedances can increase delays in attaining dynamic equilibrium and result in transmission pulses with extremely low signal-to-noise ratios. Due to interest in improving characterization of soft materials at high strain rates, numerous modifications to the traditional SHPB technique have been proposed. These include: using more sensitive piezoelectric gauges, employing hollow transmission bars, utilizing lower impedance polymeric pressure bars, and the use of pulse shaping techniques. To date, there has been no comparative studies or consensus within the SHPB community as to which approach is most advantageous. The goal of this investigation is to compare a number of these techniques, specifically the use of PMMA pressure bars and a hollow aluminum transmission bar (both with and without pulse shaping), alongside more traditional solid aluminum pressure bars in the characterization of polyurea, a common low impedance polymer. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique in generating high strain-rate stress-strain curves are discussed.     

泡沫铝合金动态力学性能实验研究

利用分离式霍布金森压杆(SHPB)实验技术和MTS材料实验机对两组不同孔径、不同密度的开孔泡沫铝合金进行了准静态和动态压缩实验研究。实验结果表明:泡沫铝合金的静态和动态变形过程均具有泡沫材料变形的三个阶段特征。开孔泡沫铝合金的变形是均匀变化过程，并不出现局部的变形带。与相对密度对力学性能的影响相比，孔径大小的影响可以忽略不计。在考察的应变率范围内，屈服应力对应变率并不很敏感。     

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.     

Mechanical behavior of metals under tension- compression loading at high strain rate

By using a new technique based on a split Hopkinson pressure bar method, a sequenced reverse test (quasi-static tensile prestress, followed by dynamic compression and then followed by dynamic tension) at high strain rate was performed and tension-compression stress-strain relations were derived by using one-dimensional stress wave analysis. Three materials, 2017 aluminium alloy, 0.45% carbon steel, and pure aluminium, were investigated at low and high strain rates, and the strain rate effect on the reverse loading stress-strain curves was compared to that on the loading stress-strain curves. It was found that reduction of yield stress is always associated with load reversals, and the strain rate effect on the reverse loading (tension) is almost the same as that during loading (compression) at higher values of reverse deformation.     

直撞式霍普金森压杆二次加载技术

利用传统分离式霍普金森压杆（split Hopkinson pressure bar, SHPB）实验技术来实现试件在较低应变率下的大变形时，需要使用超长的压杆系统，杆件的加工和实验空间限制了该技术的推广应用。鉴于此，提出一种直撞式霍普金森压杆二次加载实验技术，利用透射杆中的应力波在其末端的准刚性壁反射实现对试件的二次加载，并分析了准刚性质量块尺寸对二次加载的影响规律；采用二点波分离方法对叠加的应力波进行了有效分离和计算，在总长4 m的压杆系统中实现了1.2 ms的长历时加载，并可以准确获得试件的加载应变率曲线和应力应变关系。建立了直撞式霍普金森压杆二次加载有限元模型，数值仿真结果表明，该实验技术能有效地实现试件的二次加载，与超长SHPB系统获得的仿真结果相比较，两者的试件应力应变关系完全一致。利用该技术对1100铝合金材料进行动态压缩实验，实现了其在102 s?1量级应变率下的大变形动态力学性能测试。     

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。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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。     

Hopkinson拉杆的入射波波形整形实验研究

目前,分离式Hopkinson杆实验技术已经被广泛用于测试材料在10~2~10~4s~(-1)应变率范围内的动态力学特性。为了抑制入射波的高频振荡,实现恒定应变率加载,本文利用分离式Hopkinson拉杆(SHTB)实验装置,研究了加载金属短杆(2A12T4铝合金)及整形垫片(纸板、PVC软塑料及带磁性胶皮)对入射波波形的影响。实验结果表明,整形垫片降低了入射应力脉冲的高频振荡,获得了比较平滑的入射应力脉冲,延长了上升时间。同时,利用所得的波形整形结果,对2A12T4铝合金进行了拉伸应力波脉冲加载的拉伸和断裂实验测试。     

Hopkinson压杆实验技术的应用进展

SHPB实验装置是研究各类工程材料动态力学性能的最基本实验手段,它不仅可用于测量金属、高聚物等均匀性好、变形量较大材料的冲击压缩(拉伸、剪切、扭转)应力—应变关系,经改进后还可以用于测量质地软、波阻抗小的泡沫介质材料和质地脆、均匀性差的混凝土类材料的冲击压缩应力-应变关系。此外,SHPB实验装置因加载方式简单,加载波形易测易控制,还可以开展混凝土类材料的层裂强度研究,火工品、引信的安全性、可靠性检测,高G值加速度传感器的标定以及炸药材料的压剪起爆临界点的测定等。     

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.     

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。     

基于Hopkinson杆的材料高应变率拉伸实验技术

分离式霍普金森杆(Split Hopkinson Bar)是测试材料在高应变率加载下力学行为的一种有效的实验手段.本文基于霍普金森杆测试原理,设计和研制了气枪式变截面间接杆杆型高应变率拉伸实验装置.该装置具有完备的、高精度的水平和轴向基准,采用等高的固定支撑,保证了杆-杆型实验系统具有良好的共轴度;入射杆与撞击套筒之间设有导向管,避免了撞击套筒直接与入射杆接触而产生的相互干扰;在导向管内设有支撑圈,以减小入射杆与导向管直接接触而产生的摩擦,并消除入射杆的径向跳动;采用前置金属短杆来获得光滑、平稳且幅值和宽度可调的拉伸入射加载脉冲.对LY12CZ铝合金在两种应变率下初步的验证性实验表明,该高应变率拉伸实验装置的设计是合理的,实验获得的应力—应变结果是可靠、有效的.     

大直径SHPB实验中的高温加载技术及其应用

为研究材料的高温动态力学行为,提出一套由自主设计的温控系统和100 mm SHPB装置组成的高温SHPB实验系统,采用ANSYS软件对界面热传导及其对实验结果的影响进行了计算分析,论证了该实验技术的可靠性,并对混凝土的高温动态力学性能进行了研究。结果表明:在大直径合金钢材质SHPB装置上对混凝土等热惰性材料进行高温冲击实验,冷接触时间临界值为1.00 s,本文中提出的高温加载技术可将冷接触时间控制在0.50 s以内,实验技术可靠;同一加载速率下,随着温度从常温升到1 000 ℃,高温混凝土的动态应力应变曲线呈现出塑性变化趋势,动态抗压强度先提高后降低,动态峰值应变则不断增大。     

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…