Les Barres d’Hopkinson sont couramment utilisées pour tester les matériaux à des hauts taux de déformations. Souvent, différents systèmes de barres sont utilisés pour tester les matériaux en tension ou en compression. Par contre, il serait pratique d’utiliser un seul système, pour prendre des mesures en tension et en compression. Des études ont été faites pour convertir le système de compression existant du centre de Recherche et Développement pour la Défense Canada (RDDC) de ValCartier. Un concept a été choisi parmi 6 systèmes de tension déjà existants. Le choix a été validé avec un modèle d’éléments finis fait sur LS-Dyna. Le modèle a été calibré sur des résultats de compression fournis par le RDDC. Il fut ensuite modifié pour intégrer le nouveau concept. À cause d’un manque de ressources, les résultats de simulation sur LS-Dyna n’ont pu être comparés avec des résultats expérimentaux, puisqu’un premier prototype n’a pu être fabriqué. / The Split Hopkinson Pressure Bars (SHPB) is a common method used to characterize materials at high rates of strain. First used to experiment on materials in compression, the method was adapted to do tests in tension and torsion. The compression apparatus consists of a specimen sandwiched between 2 pressure bars, called the input bar and the output bar. A third bar, the striker, is launched at the input bar. Upon impact, a compressive pulse traveling toward the specimen is generated. This load is partially transmitted into the specimen and the output bar, the rest of it being reflected back into the input bar. Using measurements of the input, transmitted and reflected pulse, it is possible to develop the stress-strain response of the material deforming at high strain rates. This is achieved using strain gages adequately placed on both pressure bars. Many researchers use a different SHPB system when it comes to tension tests. Many methods exist, but all of them are based on compressive experiments. It would therefore be convenient to only have one system, which is capable of taking measurements both in compression and tension. Based on the compressive SHPB apparatus used by the Defense, Research and Development Canada (DRDC) center in ValCartier, studies were made to convert the compressive system into a tensile setup. The goal was to modify it with minimum changes possible, in order to easily go back and forth between the two configurations. A design choice was made, considering 6 existing tension systems. To validate the decision, a finite element model was created using LS-Dyna. The modal was first aligned with the compression results provided and then modified to implement the selected design. Because of a lack of available resources, LS-Dyna simulation results were not compared with experimental data, as it was not possible to create a first prototype.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LAVAL/oai:corpus.ulaval.ca:20.500.11794/24026 |
| Date | 19 April 2018 |
| Creators | Berger-Pelletier, Hugues |
| Contributors | Nandlall, Dennis, Gakwaya, Augustin |
| Source Sets | Université Laval |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | mémoire de maîtrise, COAR1_1::Texte::Thèse::Mémoire de maîtrise |
| Format | xi, 92 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 |
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