Analysis of Dynamic Properties and Johnson-Cook Constitutive Relationship Concerning Polytetrafluoroethylene/Aluminum
Fengyue Xu1, Jiabo Li1, Denghong Yang1
1School of Aerospace Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550025, China.
Abstract:
The polytetrafluoroethylene/aluminum (PTFE/Al) granular composite, a common formulation in impact-initiated energetic materials, undergoes mechanochemical coupling reactions under sufficiently strong dynamic loading. This investigation discusses the dynamic properties and the constitutive relationship of the PTFE/Al granular composite to provide a preliminary guide for the research on mechanical properties of a series of composite materials based on PTFE/Al as the matrix. Firstly, the 26.5Al-73.5PTFE (wt.%) composite specimens are prepared by preprocessing, mixing, molding, high-temperature sintering, and cooling. Then, the quasi-static compression and Hopkinson bar tests are performed to explore the mechanical properties of the PTFE/Al composite. Influences of the strain rate of loading on the yield stress, the ultimate strength, and the limited strain are also analyzed. Lastly, based on the experimental results, the material parameters in the Johnson-Cook constitutive model are obtained by the method of piecewise fitting to describe the stress-strain relation of the PTFE/Al composite. Combining the experimental details and the obtained material parameters, the numerical simulation of the dynamic compression of the PTFE/Al composite specimen is carried out by using the ANSYS/LS-DYNA platform. The results show that the computed stress-strain curves present a reasonable agreement with the experimental data. It should be declared that this research does not involve the energy release behavior of the 26.5Al-73.5PTFE (wt.%) reactive material because the material is not initiated within the strain rate range of the dynamic test in this paper.
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