Steven Hu, Alex X. Sun, K.T.

Ramesh

Pressure Shear Plate

Impact on Granular August 7th, 2017

Boron Carbide
 Motivation
Boron carbide tested due to excellent strength and low density

Granular flow occurs in in both natural and engineering

phenomenon: planetary impact, armor protection

Grain size, pressure, and shear strain rate influence granular flow

Define and characterize granular phenomenon experimentally

through pressure shear plate impact
 Pressure Shear Plate Impact
Projectile Specimen

Grating Very high shear strain rates

TDI

0 NVI/NDI
are achieved: ~105 s-1
0
V Incident Beam

TDI
Multi-axial loading: high
normal pressure and shear
Wedge Flyer
stress
Target

Easy confinement of powder

Stress wave analysis

Use laser interferometer to

measure particle velocity

Normal/shear window: ~2 s
 Experimental Preparation
Deposit grating on the back surface via photolithography

200 line/mm

Align the projectile and complete final firing procedures

Data Collection
Laser line velocity sensor
Calibrate the sensor
Average velocity can reach several
hundred meters per second

Approximately 78 m/s
 Data Collection
Interferometer
The NDI data was unusable while TDI data came out as expected
 Shear Window

1 2 3

Add the delay time due to tilt

The shear window is less than 2s
 Discussion
Dynamic Shear Response

1 0
= =
2
1
= 1.74GPa
2
Shear strain rate is 2 104 1
Shear strength is 270 MPa
 Normal Pressure Effects
Pressure has a
strong effect on
shear stress
Internal friction
coefficient is
approximately
0.16

Early time behavior likely due to shear wave propagation through

granular medium
Post Shot
 Summary
Successfully completed one pressure shear plate impact experiment
on granular boron carbide
Measured shear stresses in the granular flow at around 270 Mpa,
normal stresses at around 1.74 Gpa, and shear rates of 2x104 s-1.
At high rates, increasing the pressure increases the shear stress
sustained by the granular material.
Pressure effects are stronger than strain rate effects.
Perform more experiments and examine particle size distribution and
shape distribution effects.