Iskander / Bless / Omidvar Rapid Penetration into Granular Media

Visualizing the Fundamental Physics of Rapid Earth Penetration
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-801155-3
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 458 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Rapid Penetration into Granular Media: Visualizing the Fundamental Physics of Rapid Earth Penetration introduces readers to the variety of methods and techniques used to visualize, observe, and model the rapid penetration of natural and man-made projectiles into earth materials.

It provides seasoned practitioners with a standard reference that showcases the topic's most recent developments in research and application.

The text compiles the findings of new research developments on the subject, outlines the fundamental physics of rapid penetration into granular media, and assembles a comprehensive collection of experimental and numerical methods to study the problem.



- Presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the latest developments in granular media research
- Combines the experience of prominent researchers from different disciplines, all focusing on the challenges at hand
- Introduces recently developed methods for visualizing the fundamental physics of rapid penetration into granular media
- Features a range of recent data from experimental, analytical, and numerical studies on the subject

Zielgruppe

<p>scientists in the fields of earth and planetary science, ballistics, soft matter physics, and physics of granular media, as well as industry professionals in ballistics, petroleum exploration, and aerospace engineering.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iskander, Magued

Bless, Stephen

Omidvar, Mehdi

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Stress-Strain Behavior of Sand at High Strain Rates
- Multi Scale Phenomena Associated with Rapid Loading of Sand
- Rapid Penetration into Sand
- Characterization of Projectiles Penetrating Sand Targets in 2D
- Particle Scale Dynamics in Granular Impact
- Flash X-ray: The Effect of Rod Nose Shape on the Internal Flow fields during the Ballistic Penetration of Sand
- Multimodal Radiation Based Tomography of Granular Materials Using Neutrons and Photons and Instrumented Penetration Testing
- Microstructure Evolution During Impact Using Refractive Index Matched Granular Matter
- Meso-scale Observations of Rapid Penetration into Sand Using Transparent Soils
- Summary & Conclusions
- Bibliography

Leseproben

About the Authors and Contributors
This book is made possible by the contributions of a large number of experts. They are: José E. Andrade, PhD, is a Professor in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (USA). Professor Andrade's research focuses on developing fundamental understanding of the multiscale and multiphysical behavior of porous media, with special application to geologic and engineered infrastructure materials. He specializes in computational geomechanics, discrete element methods, and computational techniques harnessing grain-scale data. He is also widely recognized as an expert in soil liquefaction. He can be reached at [e-mail]. John W. Addiss, PhD, graduated from Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory with a thesis titled Measurement of displacements in granular systems in response to penetration and compaction. He now works as a patent attorney. Robert Behringer, PhD, F.AAAS, F.APS, is a Professor of Physics at Duke University in Durham, NC (USA). He specializes in granular materials, complex systems, fluids, and statistical physics. He is also widely recognized for pioneering use of photo-elasticity to study force networks in granular media. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has approximately 230 publications, and graduated approximately 25 Ph.D. candidates, and supervised 14 doctoral scholars. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Stephan Bless, ScD, F.APS, F.IBS, is a Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. Before joining NYU he was Head of the Hypervelocity Effects Division at the University of Texas Institute for Advanced Technology. He is an expert in impact effects and the dynamic behavior of materials, with extensive publications in shock physics, terminal ballistics, and strength of materials. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the International Ballistics Society. He can be reached at [e-mail]. John Borg, PhD, is an Associate Professor with Marquette University's Department of Mechanical Engineering in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA). Before joining Marquette, he was a lead scientist for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia. He was also an NSF International Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge University and a Fulbright Scholar at the Ernst Mach Institute in Freiberg, Germany. His primary area of research involves developing a better understanding of the dynamic response of heterogeneous materials utilizing both experimental and computational techniques. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Weinong (Wayne) Chen, PhD, F.ASME, F.SEM, is Reilly Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Materials Engineering at Purdue University in Indiana (USA). He received his PhD in 1995 from California Institute of Technology. His research interests are in dynamic experimental technique development and dynamic material characterization. His group has published a book and 150 journal articles. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Experimental Mechanics, and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Abram H. Clark, PhD, graduated in 2014 from Duke University, where he studied the dynamics of granular impact. He is currently a postdoctoral associate at Yale University, and can be reached at [e-mail]. Adam L. Collins, PhD, graduated from Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory with a thesis titled Environmentally responsible energetic materials. He is now a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Ryan C. Hurley is receiving a PhD from the California Institute of Technology, where he is studying the dynamic behavior of granular materials. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Magued Iskander, PhD, PE, F.ASCE, is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Chair of the Civil and Urban Engineering Department at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. He is widely recognized as the leading authority on physical modeling of geotechnical applications using transparent soils. Professor Iskander served as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI on over $12 Million of research and educational grants and contracts. He is a Fellow of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Iskander authored 4 books, edited 10 books, and published over 150 papers. He graduated 8 doctoral and 31 masters’ students. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Felix Kim, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His dissertation is titled Dual-modality (neutron and X-ray) imaging for characterization of partially saturated granular materials and flow through porous media. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Lou Kondic, PhD, is a Professor of Mathematics at NJIT, Newark, NJ (USA). He specializes in modeling and simulations and is recognized in particular for his work on dense granular matter and thin fluid films. He has more than 100 publications and has graduated 5 doctoral students. His research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He can be reached at [e-mail]. Keng-Wit Lim, PhD, graduated from California Institute of Technology where he wrote a dissertation on NURBS-based discrete element methods for modeling granular media. His research interests are in the development of computational methods in geomechanics. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Wolfgang Losert, PhD, is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He specializes in studies of emergent dynamical properties of Complex Systems at the convergence of physics, materials science, and biology. He also investigates the three-dimensional collective motion of granular materials inside a granular flow using a novel 3D laser scanning tomography approach. He has 100 publications and graduated 15 PhD students. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Bradley E. Martin, PhD, is a senior research scientist at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin AFB, FL. He received a PhD from the University of Florida in 2011. His research interests are in the areas of high-rate material characterization, pulse shaping techniques, constitutive model development for geomaterials, and penetration mechanics of geomaterials through scaled testing. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Michael Morrissey is an engineer at Baxter International, a medical device company. He received an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University in 2009. Kerstin Nordstrom, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Mount Holyoke College. She received her PhD in Physics from University of Pennsylvania, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland. Her research interests lie in the rheological behavior of a wide range of dense particulate systems, with an emphasis on characterizing their deformations using novel imaging techniques. She can be reached at [e-mail]. Corey S. O'Hern, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Applied Physics, and Physics at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA. He specializes in computational studies of jamming and slow dynamics in granular materials and other particulate media. He has authored more than 80 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, and mentored 15 Ph.D. students and 8 postdoctoral research associates. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Mehdi Omidvar is receiving a PhD from New York University where he is writing a dissertation titled Global and meso scale observations of granular kinematics during rapid penetration. He will be joining Manhattan College as an Assistant Professor. He has published over 30 articles dealing with granular mechanics, soil dynamics, and nonlinear dynamics. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Niranjan D. Parab is pursuing a PhD from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Dayakar Penumadu, PhD, is a Fred Peebles Professor and Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (joint with Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (USA). Prior to joining University of Tennessee, he was a faculty member at Clarkson University for 8 years. His research interests included multiscale characterization of natural and advanced materials using radiation-based imaging and scattering methods. To date, he has contributed 113 publications, graduated 14 doctoral students, and mentored 6 postdoctoral scholars. He can be reached at [e-mail]. Alec Petersen, graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's degree in Physics. He is currently a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota. He can be reached at [e-mail]. William G. Proud, PhD, is Director of the Institute of Shock...

Über Autor(innen)

Iskander, Magued
Magued Iskander, PhD, is a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. He teaches related courses in granular media, structural geology, and geotechnology. Dr. Iskander has authored four books, edited nine books, and has published more than 130 papers and reports including over 50 journal articles and 12 periodicals/special publications. He has been the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI of over $9 million in funded grants and contracts and was the recipient of the 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award in addition to numerous university teaching awards