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2016-01-01

Farbaniec, Lukasz, Hogan, James D., McCauley, James W., Ramesh, Kaliat T.

Effects of microstructure and material properties on the mechanical behavior of hot-pressed boron carbide are presented. The microstructure and intrinsic microstructural inhomogeneities have been characterized using scanning electron microscopy characterization techniques (SEM/EDS/EBSD). In-situ...

2020-07-01

Lo, Calvin, Sano, Tomoko, Hogan, James D.

We investigated the uniaxial compressive behavior of damaged and intact alumina using quantitative X-ray computed tomography (XCT) analysis coupled with digital image correlation (DIC) for mechanical characterization. Internal three-dimensional crack characteristics such as crack surface area and...

2021-03-01

Koch, Brendan M.L., Lo, Calvin, Li, Haoyang, Sano, Tomoko, Ligda, Jonathan, Hogan, James D.

This paper explores the compressive responses of alumina ceramics subjected to various levels of pre-damage via internal cracking. Pre-damage is achieved by subjecting the samples to thermal shock. Mechanical loading is performed using a load frame for quasi-static strain rates and a Kolsky bar...

2017-04-01

Hogan, James D., Farbaniec, Lukasz, Mallick, Debjoy, Domnich, Vladislav, Kuwelkar, Kanak, Sano, Tomoko, McCauley, James W., Ramesh, Kaliat T.

In this paper, the impact-induced fragmentation of a commercially available hot-pressed boron carbide is explored. Fragmentation has been noted previously by many authors to be important in the impact performance of advanced ceramics, and so this paper seeks to provide some of the first...

2021-05-01

Farbaniec, Lukasz, Chapman, David J., Patten, Jack R.W., Smith, Liam C., Hogan, James D., Rack, Alexander, Eakins, Daniel

The relationship between the dynamic mechanical properties of stony meteorites and their microstructures was investigated in-situ for an L-type ordinary chondrite using a split-Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus and ultra-high speed phase-contrast X-ray radiography at the European Synchrotron...

2015

Ramesh, K.T., Farbaniec, Lukasz, Hogan, James

Brittle failure in boron carbide has been studied in dynamic uniaxial compression using a Kolsky bar technique. A detailed study of fragments was performed using SEM-EDS, to identify the mechanisms responsible for failure. Microstructural characterization and fracture surface observations...

2019-01-01

Lo, Calvin, Sano, Tomoko, Hogan, James D.

This paper explores microstructural and mechanical variability in porous ceramics, combining advanced X-ray computed tomography (XCT) and digital image correlation (DIC) techniques to characterize an alumina material. The results show low variability in microstructure, with median pore size...

2016

Farbaniec, Lukasz, Daphalapurkar, Nitin, Ramesh, K.T., Hogan, James

Dynamic brittle fragmentation is typically described using analytical and computational approaches for tensile stress-states. However, most fragmentation applications (e.g., impact, blast) involve very large initial compressive stresses and deformations. In this study, the compressive...

2019-10-25

Nicewicz, Piotr, Peciar, Peter, Macho, Oliver, Sano, Tomoko, Hogan, James D.

The quasi-static confined uniaxial compaction of granular alumina and boron carbide was studied, and the effect of triaxial stress on the materials as a function of increasing particle size was observed. The average particle sizes studied for granular alumina were 170 ± 63, 230 ± 55, 330 ± 67,...

2016

Ramesh, K., Farbaniec, Lukasz, Hogan, James D., Sano, Tomoko, Shaeffer, Matthew

This study investigates the effects of the processing-induced defect population on the dynamic compressive strength and failure of a hot-pressed boron carbide. Quantitative microscopic analysis was used to determine the distributions of three types of processing-induced inhomogeneities: aluminum...