Connecting ordered meso-structures with the system's dynamic response under complex dynamic loading*

The aim of this work is to better understand the dynamic behavior of polyester resin and crystalline sucrose systems. Ordered systems were constructed and interrogated in order to characterize the system's meso-structure. These structures were investigated using microscopy and SEM; the resulting images were digitized in order to import them as initial conditions for hydrocode simulations. These same systems were experimentally interrogated under complex dynamic pressure-shear loading. Photon doppler velocimetry (PDV) probes were located at interesting features of the meso---structure, such as interfaces and voids. The resulting experimental and simulated response is presented and compared.