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。     

Technique for Combined Dynamic Compression–Shear Testing of PBXs

We modify the split Hopkinson pressure bar and propose a compression–shear experimental method to investigate the dynamic behavior of polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs). The main apparatuses used include an incident bar with a wedge-shaped end and two transmission bars. We employ Y-cut quartzes with a rotation angle of 17.7° to measure the shear force and an optical system for shear strain measurement. A PBX with a density of 1.7 g/cm³ is investigated using the proposed method. Experimental results show that the specimen endures both compression and shear failure. Compression failure stress rises, and shear failure stress decreases as the strain rate increases. The sequences of shear and compression failure times are various at different strain rates. Based on the maximum shear failure criterion, we conclude that these phenomena are related to the experimental loading path.     

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…     

New experimental method for determining dynamic stress-strain relation of metals

The dynamic tensile stress-strain curves for annealed aluminum, copper and pure iron at constant strain rates have been obtained by an improved experimental method, whose essential features consist, first of all, of a reasonable estimation of the stress transmitted into the test bar by comparing the strain-time records at two points on an elastic input bar joined to the former, and, secondly, of the appropriate application of the friction-welding technique to joining bars.     

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.     

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.     

一种用于软材料测试的改进SHPB装置

本文提出了一种新的、用于测试橡胶、高弹体及高聚物软泡沫材料动态力学性能的SHPB改进装置。该装置取消了常见的入射杆而采用长杆弹直接撞击试件从而实现了持续的长时间加载，使得在相当大的应变率范围内试件的最大应变在一个加载过程中即可达到。配合该装置采用了瞬态响应优良、分辨率良好的光电式位移测试系统来测量试件的变形；为记录微弱的应变信号，在透射杆中使用了半导体应变片。本方案克服了传统SHPB在测试软材料时由于子弹长度限制带来的加载幅度不足及由于阻抗失配导致的应变信号微弱的困难；与采用高聚物杆的SHPB改进方案相比，本方案的测试结果也更为可靠。在试验装置中还运用了加载整形技术以改善试件中的应力均匀性。从测试结果看，该装置能有效地实现大变形范围、近似恒应变率持续加载以及相应的微弱应变信号的测量。     

基于三维Hopkinson杆的混凝土动态力学性能研究

混凝土、岩石类材料在复杂应力状态下的动态力学性能研究一直备受关注,但鉴于动态实验的复杂性,对真三轴应力状态下材料的动态加载一直未曾实现。本文中研制了一套真三轴静载作用下混凝土、岩石类材料的“三维Hopkinson杆”动态力学实验系统,为冲击载荷作用下材料动态各向异性特性的研究提供了一种有效的实验测试技术。该系统采用液压伺服控制对立方体试件施加三向独立的0~100 MPa真三轴静载,再利用分离式Hopkinson压杆对试件施加冲击动载,具体研究了C30混凝土材料在不同真三轴静载条件下的动态压缩性能,得到了不同条件下X、Y、Z方向上的动态应力应变关系。     

基于霍普金森压杆系统的动态压痕实验

设计了基于分离式Hopkinson压杆系统(SHPB)的动态压痕实验装置,使其能够获得动态压痕实验中试样的压痕位移和所受冲击载荷的实验数据,从而得到一种新的材料动态性能测试技术.对3种不同的材料进行了动态压痕实验,得到了材料的动态硬度和率敏感性等动态性能,与采用其他实验技术所测得的性能数据具有很好的一致性,并实现了利用...     

A rigorous assessment of the benefits of miniaturization in the Kolsky bar system

A rigorous experimental and numerical assessment is made of the benefits and limits of miniaturization in the Kolsky bar system. The primary issues that arise in very high strain rate testing (stress equilibration, inertial effects, wave dispersion, friction, and controllability of deformations) are addressed through experiments coupled with explicit finite element analyses. A miniaturized Kolsky bar system that includes the input bar is developed, together with the use of the laser occlusive radius detector to obtain local measurements of specimen strain during the very high rate deformations. It is demonstrated that this miniaturized Kolsky bar system can be used to provide fully validated results, including the explicit determination of equilibration, over a very wide range of strain rates (1×10³ to 5×10⁴ s⁻¹). The desired high strain rate can be achieved even at low accumulated strains, and the total strain developed can be controlled very effectively. Specific conditions are developed for determining the range of utility of the technique for a given material. The technique is applied to the characterization of 6061-T651 aluminum, and the results are compared with the results obtained using a conventional Kolsky bar.     

Normal and Transverse Displacement Interferometers Applied to Small Diameter Kolsky Bars

For Kolsky bar testing beyond strain-rates of 10,000/s, it is useful to employ bars with diameters of only a few millimeters or less. Furthermore, very small (sub-millimeter) systems are compatible with micron-sized specimens, to be used, for example, for the determination of mesoscale properties. However, at these sizes, traditional strain-gage measurements of the longitudinal waves within the bars become impractical. In this paper we describe the application of optical measurement techniques to two Kolsky bars, with 3.2 and 1.6 mm diameters. A transverse displacement interferometer is used to measure the displacement of the mid-point of the incident bar and provide measurements of the incident and reflected pulses. Similarly, a normal displacement interferometer is used to measure the displacement of the free-end of the transmitter bar and provide a measurement of the transmitted pulse. The new methods are used to characterize the behavior of 6061-T6 aluminum at rates greater than 100,000/s. The feasibility of application to smaller bars is also discussed.     

应用杆束系统研究水泥砂浆节理面的压剪动特性

基于分离式Hopkinson压杆系统提出一套Hopkinson束杆装置,研究水泥砂浆节理面在压剪复合加载下的动态界面滑移特性。应用三根小杆作为接收杆,分别采用单杆和三杆两种入射方式,对含有节理面的水泥砂浆试件进行冲击加载。在节理面发生滑动时,由三根接收杆测试得到水泥砂浆试件不同位置滑移状态,进而得出节理面的整体滑移速度。此研究初步揭示了节理面在发生滑移时的局部滑移状态以及整体滑移状态,为节理面的动摩擦特性研究提供了较可靠的实验技术。     

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.     

用于软材料的双子弹电磁驱动SHPB系统

软材料的动态力学性能研究一直备受关注，目前分离式Hopkinson压杆(split Hopkinson pressure bar, SHPB)技术是其最重要的测试手段，然而在测试超软材料时实验装置设计方面仍存在许多有待改进之处。本文中研制了一套双子弹电磁驱动SHPB系统，使用聚碳酸酯作为杆件材料以克服软材料试件带来的诸多困难，引入了双子弹设计方案解决了电磁驱动方式难以应用于非铁磁材料的问题，并有效保证了子弹速度的准确控制。使用双子弹电磁驱动SHPB系统和传统金属SHPB装置同时对硅胶材料的动态力学性能进行了测试，实验结果的吻合性验证了本套系统的可靠性。应用双子弹电磁驱动SHPB系统开展了聚乙烯醇(polyvinyl alcohols, PVA)水凝胶这种超软材料在高应变率下的实验，成功表征出其动态力学性能。     

A Combined Static/Dynamic Technique for Damage Detection of Laminated Composite Plates

There is a growing demand to develop viable techniques for effective damage detection of composite structures, and the dynamics-based approach has been broadly used in structural health monitoring. A new combined static/dynamic technique for improved damage detection of laminated composite plates is presented. The promise of the technique is that under the sustaining static load, the abnormality of dynamic response due to damage may become more pronounced and easy to be detected. The experimental program consists of testing an E-glass/epoxy composite plate with an embedded delamination under a pre-set static compressive force, and the dynamic response of laminated composite plates is measured using two different actuator–sensor systems: (1) PZT (lead–zirconate–titanate) actuators and scanning laser vibrometer (SLV) sensing system (PZT–SLV), and (2) PZT actuators and Polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) sensors (PZT–PVDF). The influence of sustaining static forces to dynamic response of delaminated composite plates is evaluated. The numerical finite element (FE) analysis is also conducted to verify the effectiveness of this technique. The experimental and numerical mode shapes are used to detect the presence, location, and size of the delamination and to study the effect of static load on dynamic response. Two relatively new damage detection algorithms (i.e., Simplified Gapped Smoothing Method (GSM) and Generalized Fractal Dimension (GFD)) are employed to analyze the Uniform Load Surface (ULS) calculated from the experimental and numerical data. From the dynamic response and analysis results using the damage detection algorithms, it is observed that as the sustaining static load increases, the delamination is much easier to be identified through the enlarged damage parameters. The present combined static/dynamic technique is capable of magnifying the effect of damage, thus improving the effectiveness of damage detection.     

Load-Inversion Device for the High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of Sheet Materials with Hopkinson Pressure Bars

A high strain rate tensile testing technique for sheet materials is presented which makes use of a split Hopkinson pressure bar system in conjunction with a load inversion device. With compressive loads applied to its boundaries, the load inversion device introduces tension into a sheet specimen. Two output bars are used to minimize the effect of bending waves on the output force measurement. A Digital Image Correlation (DIC) algorithm is used to determine the strain history in the specimen gage section based on high speed video imaging. Detailed finite element analysis of the experimental set-up is performed to validate the design of the load inversion device. It is shown that under the assumption of perfect alignment and slip-free attachment of the specimen, the measured stress–strain curve is free from spurious oscillations at a strain rate of 1,000 s^?1. Validation experiments are carried out using tensile specimens extracted from 1.4 thick TRIP780 steel sheets. The experimental results for uniaxial tension at strain rates ranging from 200 s^?1 to 1,000 s^?1 confirm the oscillation-free numerical results in an approximate manner. Dynamic tension experiments are also performed on notched specimens to illustrate the validity of the proposed experimental technique for characterizing the effect of strain rate on the onset of ductile fracture in sheet materials.     

Full Field Strain Measurement in Compression and Tensile Split Hopkinson Bar Experiments

The 3D image correlation technique is used for full field measurement of strain (and strain rate) in compression and tensile split Hopkinson bar experiments using commercial image correlation software and two digital high-speed cameras that provide a synchronized stereo view of the specimen. Using an array of 128 × 80 (compression tests) and 258 × 48 (tensile tests) pixels, the cameras record about 110,000 frames per second. A random dot pattern is applied to the surface of the specimens. The image correlation algorithm uses the dot pattern to define a field of overlapping virtual gage boxes, and the 3-D coordinates of the center of each gage box are determined at each frame. The coordinates are then used for calculating the strains throughout the surface of the specimen. The strains determined with the image correlation method are compared with those determined from analyzing the elastic waves in the bars, and with strains measured with strain gages placed on the specimens. The system is used to study the response of OFE C10100 copper. In compression tests, the image correlation shows a nearly uniform deformation which agrees with the average strain that is determined from the waves in the bars and the strains measured with strain gages that are placed directly on the specimen. In tensile tests, the specimen geometry and properties affect the outcome from the experiment. The full field strain measurement provides means for examining the validity and accuracy of the tests. In tests where the deforming section of the specimen is well defined and the deformation is uniform, the strains measured with the image correlation technique agree with the average strain that is determined from the split Hopkinson bar wave records. If significant deformation is taking place outside the gage section, and when necking develops, the strains determined from the waves are not valid, but the image correlation method provides the accurate full field strain history.     

M-shaped Specimen for the High-strain Rate Tensile Testing Using a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Apparatus

An experimental technique is proposed to determine the tensile stress–strain curve of metals at high strain rates. An M-shaped specimen is designed which transforms a compressive loading at its boundaries into tensile loading of its gage section. The specimen can be used in a conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus, thereby circumventing experimental problems associated with the gripping of tensile specimens under dynamic loading. The M-specimen geometry provides plane strain conditions within its gage section. This feature retards necking and allows for very short gage sections. This new technique is validated both experimentally and numerically for true equivalent plastic strain rates of up to 4,250/s.     

Testing Aluminum Alloy from Quasi-static to Dynamic Strain-rates with a Modified Split Hopkinson Bar Method

An aluminum alloy¹ was tested at quasi-static to dynamic strain-rates (from 10⁻¹ to 5 10³ s⁻¹), using a single measuring device, a modified Split Hopkinson Bar. A wave separation technique [Bussac et al., J Mech Phys Solids 50:321–350, 2002] based on the maximum likelihood method was applied to process the strain and velocity measurements recorded at various points on each bar. With this method, it is possible to compute the stress, strain, displacement and velocity at any point on the bar. Since the measurement time is unlimited, the maximum strain measured in a given specimen no longer decreases with the strain-rate, as occurs with the classical Split Hopkinson Bar method. ¹The authors wish to thank the automobile manufacturer who provided samples of the alloy used in this study. For reasons of commercial and industrial confidentiality, we were not informed about the composition of this alloy.