DOE OSTI · 2584024
Fluid-like shock compression of dilute polymer nanocomposites
Abstract
The shock Hugoniot of heterogenous mixtures of discrete particles has been experimentally investigated for porous agglomerates and fluids, while the study of full-density solids has been primarily limited to compressed powders and high-dimensional composites. By dispersing ceria nanoparticles in a polyethylene matrix, we are able to examine the hydrodynamic behavior of a nonporous, heterogenous solid in thermal equilibrium during weak shock compression. Phase-driven discontinuities in the Hugoniot particle velocity–shock velocity (u−D) relationship of pure polyethylene are replicated in the nanocomposites but are shifted to lower velocity and to higher pressure with higher particle concentration. The results are explained using an isothermal, two-velocity fluid model under the hydrodynamic approximation. The model, which assumes a theoretical equation-of-state for ceria and either a low-order or high-order fit to the measured polyethylene Hugoniot, reasonably predicts the Hugoniot for two different polyethylene/ceria nanocomposites. Using the model, the mixture Hugoniot is shown to be insensitive to the Hugoniot of the stiffer constituent when the moduli are sufficiently disparate, while dependence on particle density and volume fraction is preserved through fluid-like motion.
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Moore, Nathan W. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000272259674), Treadwell, LaRico J. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); E4 Power Consulting, Pompano Beach, FL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000182464033), Jolowsky, Claire N. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000289175522), Suman, Guddi K. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000280876058), Reyes, Aspen N. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL (United States); Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000215901923), Downes, Rebekah D. [Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL (United States); Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000277549611), Smyth, Christopher M. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000346689555), Koss, Eun-Kyung C. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000891096648), Hernandez-Sanchez, Bernadette A. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000282755532). 2025-06-12. Fluid-like shock compression of dilute polymer nanocomposites. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0271568
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