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Towards an improved understanding of strength and anisotropy of cold compacted powder
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
Sep 2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-1865
Abstract
The strength of powder compacts after cold compaction is known to be anisotropic, which comes from the directionality of microstructure resulting from initial particle morphology and/or from particle deformation during compaction. Current work focuses on multi-scale numerical analysis of powder compaction with emphasis on the role of interparticle cohesion on post-compaction mechanical properties. At macroscopic level, we applied phenomenological model to describe the mechanical behavior of powder, in which the material is considered to be continuum medium. A user subroutine (VUMAT) was successfully developed for ABAQUS/Explicit analysis, in which one of the popular phenomenological models for powder compaction - Drucker Prager/Cap model - is implemented. By studying of pharmaceutical powder die compaction and subsequent diametrical compression test via finite element analysis, the capabilities and limitations of current constitutive models are evaluated on predicting such as density, stress and tool force evolution, as well as the strength and fracture tendency. Our results illustrate that current model has good predictive capability of powder densification (e.g. density evolution) but can not predict post-compaction strength well. The following studies focus on evaluating the physics and mechanics occurring at particle level. The compaction of granular media was explored by using MPFEM approach. In the new model, individual particles discretized with a finite element mesh allow for a full description of contact mechanics and local and global particle kinematics. The introduction of a layer of degrading material on the surface of each particle provides the means of introducing variable cohesion and its effect on the final strength of compacts. The simulations show that the unloading creates tensile stresses at the root of the contact necks, which may cause partial or full separation of contact interface when the cohesion developed during loading is not strong enough. These results, which are in agreement with recent strength anisotropy data for cold compaction, bring a new perspective on understanding the interparticle behavior and the origin of the strength and failure of cold compacts.
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- Title
- Towards an improved understanding of strength and anisotropy of cold compacted powder
- Creators
- Wenhai Wang - DU
- Contributors
- Antonios Zavaliangos (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials (Science and) Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) [Historical]; College of Engineering (1970-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 1865; 991014632401104721