Dynamical mechanical properties for AD90 alumina

The dynamic response of polycrystalline alumina was investigated in the pressure range of 0-13 GPa by planar impact experiments. Velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR) was used to obtain free surface velocity profile and determine the Hugoniot elastic limit, and manganin gauges were employed to obtain the stress-time histories and determine Hugoniot curve. Both the free surface particle velocity profiles and Hugoniot curves indicate the dispersion of the plastic wave for alumina. With the measured stress histories, the complete histories of strain, particle velocity, specific volume and specific internal energy are gained by using path line principle of Lagrange analysis. The dynamic mechanical behaviors for alumina under impact loading are analyzed, such as nonlinear characteristic, strain rate dependence, dispersion and declination of shock wave in the material.