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Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Testing of Water with Partial Lateral Confinement
K S O Li1, A Van Lerberghe1, A D Barr1
1Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD UK.
Background:
For the first time, the high-strain-rate behaviour of water is investigated experimentally and validated to LS-DYNA numerical simulations, using Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH).
Objective:
This paper presents the application of a modified split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) fitted with a partial lateral confinement apparatus on a water specimen.
Method:
The lateral confinement is provided by a water reservoir surrounding the specimen. A pressure transducer is installed in the reservoir wall to measure lateral stresses, and a dispersion correction algorithm, SHPB_Processing.py, is utilised to obtain accurate measurements of axial and radial stresses and strains.
Results:
Experimental results underscore the capability of the modified apparatus to assess triaxial behaviour of water under high-strain rates. Comparisons with numerical modelling reveal that cohesion between water particles is non-existent, highlighting an intrinsic limitation in numerical modelling.
Conclusion:
These results highlight the capability to perform characterisation of fluids under high-strain rates. While limitations in numerical modelling still exist, numerical modelling and experimental testing using the modified apparatus can be applied to characterise fluid behaviour in the future.
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