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Silicone foams and rubber are used in a variety of applications to protect internal components from external shock impact. Understanding how these materials mitigate impact energy is a crucial step in designing more effective shock isolation systems for components. In this study, a Kolsky bar with pre-compression and passive radial confinement capabilities was used to investigate the response of silicone foams and rubber subjected to impact loading at different speeds. Using the preload capability, silicone foam samples were subjected to increasing levels of pre-strain. Frequency-based analyses were carried out on results from silicone foams and rubber to study the effect of both pre-strain and material processing conditions on the mechanism of energy dissipation in the frequency domain. Additionally, effects of impact speed on energy dissipation through silicone foams and rubber were investigated.
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Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.
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Sanborn, B., Song, B. (2018). Effect of Pre-strain, Processing Conditions, and Impact Velocity on Energy Dissipation in Silicone Foams and Rubber. In: Kimberley, J., Lamberson, L., Mates, S. (eds) Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62956-8_2
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