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Fracture and Yield of a Porous Composite of Trinitrotoluene and Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Donald A. Wiegand  and
J. Pinto
Donald A. Wiegand
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
J. Pinto
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
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Abstract

Composites of trinitrotoluene and cyclotrimethylene trinitramine have been studied in uniaxial compression and in triaxial confined compression. Failure by crack propagation and fracture was observed in all uniaxial studies while failure by yield and plastic flow was found for all triaxial confined compression work. The yield strength is approximately a factor of 2 greater than the uniaxial compressive fracture strength. The relationships between the fracture and yield strengths and Young's modulus indicate that all three decrease with increasing porosity. Based on this porosity interpretation, the compressive strength, the yield strength and Young's Modulus may be increased significantly by reducing the porosity.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 207: Symposium I – Mechanical Properties of Porous and Cellular Materials , 1990 , 77
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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