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Data-driven approaches to defining material property and performance relationships of armor ceramics undergoing dynamic loading
DownloadSpring 2023
This thesis utilizes a combined numerical and machine learning approach to explorethe performance of an alumina ceramic tile undergoing high-velocity impact. The fi-nite element model is established by incorporating a user-defined Johnson-Holmquist-Beissel (JHB) material model within the...
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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...
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Confined Uniaxial Compaction Observing Triaxial Response of Granular Media under Quasi-static Loading Conditions
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Experimental studies have been carried out in this thesis to enhance the understanding of granular material failure by observing the effects of particle size on material properties. Understanding the granular behaviour of materials is important in pharmaceutical research, product quality in the...
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2015
Ramesh, K. , Plescia, J.B., Hogan, J.D., Mir, C.E.
Improvements in computational and analytical modelling of large-scale impact and catastrophic disruption events will come from a better understanding of the failure processes that are active during high strain-rate events. In this study we investigate the dynamic compressive failure and...
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2015
Stickle, Angela, Hogan, James, Kimberley, Jamie, Ramesh, K.T.
Modeling of catastrophic disruption requires understanding the processes of dynamic failure and fragmentation. This paper summarizes current mechanisms and models for dynamic failure, strength, and fragmentation, reviewing these from a mechanics perspective and with an emphasis on making links to...
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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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Impact Failure of Planetary Materials: Lateral Field Ejecta Measurements using Particle Image Velocimetry
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Schneider, Markus, Spray, John, Rogers, Robert, Hogan, James, Vincent, Gregory
The dynamic fragmentation of a fine grained granitoid material has been examined. Target thicknesses ranged from 7 to 40 mm and impact energies from 12 to 2,500 J. Combined particle image velocimetry and image enhancement techniques are introduced and have been used to measure the size and...
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Dynamic Fragmentation of Planetary Materials: Length Scale Quantification and Semi-Analytical Modelling
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Rogers, Robert, Spray, John, Hogan, James
The dynamic fragmentation of planetary materials during impact into finite targets has been examined. A particle tracking algorithm was implemented to estimate the size and velocity of fragments ejected from the rear of the target. A total of 76 experiments were performed for four material,...
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Dynamic Fragmentation of Natural Ceramic Tiles: Ejecta Measurements and Kinetic Consequences
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Vincent, Gregory, Rogers, Robert, Spray, John, Schneider, Markus, Hogan, James
Velocity and size measurements of ejecta derived from impacts of railgun-launched projectiles into 10 mm thick gabbro tiles are examined. Fragmentation of the target and the ejecta velocity field are found to be governed by Hertzian fracture and the transfer of kinetic energy to the target. Over...
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Debris Field Kinetics during the Dynamic Fragmentation of Polyphase Natural Ceramic Blocks: Ejecta Measurements and Damage Modes
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Hogan, James, Schneider, Markus, Rogers, Robert, Spray, John, Vincent, Gregory
The dynamic fragmentation of coarse and fine grained granitoid blocks during impact has been examined for energies of 1.9 kJ to 3.0 kJ and 2.7 kJ to 6.8 kJ, respectively. A particle tracking algorithm was developed to measure ejecta size and velocity at the rear of the target for a horizontal...