Dynamic fragmentation of cellular, ice-templated alumina scaffolds
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Tan, Yi Ming
Cervantes, Octavio
Nam, SeanWoo
Molitoris, John D.
Hooper, Joseph P.
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2016-01-08
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We examine the dynamic failure of ice-templated freeze-cast alumina scaffolds that are being considered as biomimetic hierarchical structures. Three porosities of alumina freeze-cast structures were fabricated, and a systematic variation in microstructural properties such as lamellar width and thickness was observed with changing porosity. Dynamic impact tests were performed in a light-gas gun to examine the failure properties of these materials under high strain-rate loading. Nearly complete delamination was observed following impact, along with characteristic cracking across the lamellar width. Average fragment size decreases with increasing porosity, and a theoretical model was developed to explain this behavior based on microstructural changes. Using an energy balance between kinetic, strain, and surface energies within a single lamella, we are able to accurately predict the characteristic fragment size using only standard material properties of bulk alumina.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4939702
Yi Ming Tan, Octavio Cervantes, SeanWoo Nam, John D. Molitoris, and Joseph P. Hooper, "Dynamic fragmentation of cellular, ice-templated alumina scaffolds". Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 119, Issue 2
(Received 9 November 2015; accepted 28 December 2015; published online 8 January 2016)
Yi Ming Tan, Octavio Cervantes, SeanWoo Nam, John D. Molitoris, and Joseph P. Hooper, "Dynamic fragmentation of cellular, ice-templated alumina scaffolds". Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 119, Issue 2
(Received 9 November 2015; accepted 28 December 2015; published online 8 January 2016)
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Defense Threat Reduction
Agency under the supervision of Bill Wilson. Freeze casting
work at LLNL was performed through the AMEA
collaboration fostered by the LLNL National Security
Office. All LLNL work was performed under the auspices of
the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-
07NA27344. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.