Quasistatic and High Strain Rate Uniaxial Compressive Response of Polymeric Structural Foams

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Publication Title

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volume

32

Issue

7

First page number:

1113

Last page number:

1126

Abstract

The behavior of a family of polymeric structural foams with various initial bulk densities (porosity levels) was experimentally investigated under quasistatic and high strain rate loading conditions. The high strain rate loading for the low-densityfoams was implemented using a polymer split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) and for the high-densityfoams using a magnesium SHPB. It was found that the Young's modulus, the yield strength, the maximum stress and the strain to failure increased with increasing initial foam density under quasistatic loading. The fracture modes were also found to be considerably different for these foams. The low-density foams fractured in a brittle manner, especially under dynamic loads, where as, the high-density foams exhibited shear-dominated failure at all strain rates. Under dynamic loading, the failure strength increased with strain rate but the strain to failure decreased. Based on the quasistatic and dynamic test results, the strain rate sensitivity of failure strength was determined and it was found that this rate sensitivity parameter increases with increasing foam density.

Keywords

Dynamic loading (Materials); Foamed materials; Foamed materials – Fatigue; Hopkinson pressure bar; High strain rate; Loads (Mechanics); Polymeric composites; Polymeric structural foam; Polymer split; Strain rate sensitivity; Strains and stresses

Disciplines

Materials Science and Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanics of Materials | Polymer and Organic Materials

Language

English

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