Molybdenum sound velocity and shear modulus softening under shock compression

Shear modulus and dilatancy softening in granular packings above jamming.

We investigate experimentally the mechanical response to shear of a monolayer of bidisperse frictional grains across the jamming transition. We inflate an intruder inside the packing and use photoelasticity and tracking techniques to measure the induced shear strain and stresses at the grain scale. We quantify experimentally the constitutive relations for strain amplitudes as low as 10(-3) and ...

Sound velocity in shock compressed molybdenum obtained by ab initio molecular dynamics

Shear strengths of aluminium nitride and titanium diboride under plane shock wave compression

This work compares the estimates of shear strengths of aluminium nitride and titanium diboride obtained (a) from the simultaneous measurements of longitudinal and lateral stress by means of manganin gauges under plane shock wave loading with (b) those calculated from the offset between hydrodynamic and shock Hugoniot of these materials. The results of this work show that whereas the estimates o...

Spall strength of a zirconium-based bulk metallic glass under shock-induced compression-and-shear loading

We present results of a series of plate-impact experiments conducted to understand spall threshold in a zirconium-based bulk metallic glass (BMG), Zr41.25Ti13.75Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5, following normal shock-induced compression and combined compression-and-shear loading. The experiments were conducted using a 82.5 mm bore single-stage gas-gun. A multibeam VALYN VISAR was used to measure the particle–...

Shear Viscosity under Shock-Loading Conditions

Although we rarely see a shock wave in everyday life, we experience them upon hearing the sound of an explosion, the bang of a gunshot, or the crack of a whip. In addition, objects that travel at supersonic speeds, such as bullets and missiles, also generate shock waves. During a typical shock-loading process, large pressures generated at the shock front can lead to an increase in the reactants...