Mechanical Characterization of ZnSe Windows for Use With the Flow Enclosure Accommodating Novel Investigations in Combustion of Solids (FEANICS) Module

摘要

Mechanical and physical properties of ZnSe windows to be used with the FEANICS (Flow Enclosure Accommodating Novel Investigations in Combustion of Solids) experiments were measured in order to determine design allowables. The average Young s modulus, Poisson's ratio, equibiaxial fracture strength, flaw size, grain size, Knoop hardness, Vicker s hardness, and branching constant were 74.3 /- 0.1 GPa, 0.31, 57.8 /- 6.5 MPa, 21 /- 4 mm, 43 /- 9 microns, 0.97 /- 0.02 GPa, 0.97 /- 0.02 GPa, and 1.0 /- 0.1 MPa(square root of)m, respectively. The properties of current ZnSe made by chemical vapor deposition are in good agreement with those measured in the 1970 s. The hardness of CVD ZnSe windows is about one-twentieth of the sapphire window being replaced, and about one-sixth of that of window glass. Thus the ZnSe window must be handled with great care. The large grain size relative to the inherent crack size implies the need to use single crystal crack growth properties in the design process. In order to determine the local failure stresses in one of the test specimens, a solution for the stresses between the support ring and the edge of a circular plate load between concentric rings was derived