Critical Review of Brazil Disk Techniques for Tensile Strength Characterization With an Emphasis on High Explosive Materials

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contents Critical Review of Brazil Disk Techniques for Tensile Strength Characterization With an Emphasis on High Explosive Materials Paul B. Mirkarimi Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics ABSTRACT Mechanical properties are a critical performance metric for many high explosive (HE) materials and tensile strength properties are particularly important. Direct tensile measurements using dogbone shaped samples are the gold standard but they have the disadvantage that they are fairly large and require samples machined from billets. Diametral compression, more commonly known as Brazil disk (BD) testing, is an indirect method for measuring tensile strength on smaller and more easily fabricated samples. A review of the BD literature is presented with an emphasis on tensile strength measurements in high explosive materials. BD literature is reviewed in three primary areas: (i) rocks and concrete, (ii) pharmaceutical materials, and (iii) high explosive materials. The literature for rocks/concrete is extensive and dates back over 80 years; despite this there is no consensus on the validity/accuracy of the BD technique or the optimal variant of the BD technique to employ. The pharmaceutical literature is the opposite, being limited in scope and quantity of studies. BD literature on high explosive materials falls in between, not as impressive as in the rocks/concrete community but more substantiative than in the pharmaceutical community. After the review of the literature practical parameters for HE BD testing and recommended future work is discussed. 10.1002/prep.70176 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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spellingShingle Critical Review of Brazil Disk Techniques for Tensile Strength Characterization With an Emphasis on High Explosive Materials
Paul B. Mirkarimi
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
Critical Review of Brazil Disk Techniques for Tensile Strength Characterization With an Emphasis on High Explosive Materials Paul B. Mirkarimi Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics ABSTRACT Mechanical properties are a critical performance metric for many high explosive (HE) materials and tensile strength properties are particularly important. Direct tensile measurements using dogbone shaped samples are the gold standard but they have the disadvantage that they are fairly large and require samples machined from billets. Diametral compression, more commonly known as Brazil disk (BD) testing, is an indirect method for measuring tensile strength on smaller and more easily fabricated samples. A review of the BD literature is presented with an emphasis on tensile strength measurements in high explosive materials. BD literature is reviewed in three primary areas: (i) rocks and concrete, (ii) pharmaceutical materials, and (iii) high explosive materials. The literature for rocks/concrete is extensive and dates back over 80 years; despite this there is no consensus on the validity/accuracy of the BD technique or the optimal variant of the BD technique to employ. The pharmaceutical literature is the opposite, being limited in scope and quantity of studies. BD literature on high explosive materials falls in between, not as impressive as in the rocks/concrete community but more substantiative than in the pharmaceutical community. After the review of the literature practical parameters for HE BD testing and recommended future work is discussed. 10.1002/prep.70176 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Critical Review of Brazil Disk Techniques for Tensile Strength Characterization With an Emphasis on High Explosive Materials
topic Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prep.70176