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The effects of defects on the uniaxial compressive strength and failure of an advanced ceramic
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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...
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The Effects of Microstructure and Confinement on the Compressive Fragmentation of an Advanced Ceramic
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Farbaniec, Lukasz, Shaeffer, Matt, Ramesh, K.T., Hogan, James
We investigate the rate-dependent compressive failure and fragmentation of a hot-pressed boron carbide, under both uniaxial and confined biaxial compression, using quantitative fragment analysis coupled with quantitative microstructural analysis. Two distinct fragmentation regimes are observed,...
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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...
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Micromechanisms Associated with the Dynamic Compressive Failure of Hot-Pressed Boron Carbide
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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...