Tensile testing of materials at high rates of strain - An experimental technique is developed for testing materials at strain rates up to 103 s-1 in tension using a modification of the split Hopkinson bar or Kolsky apparatus

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 177-185

  Nicholas, Theodore ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING - TENSILE TESTS; METALS TESTING - TENSILE TESTS; STRAIN;

STRAIN RATE;

MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS;

EID: 0019565559     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02326644     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. An Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Materials at Very High Rates of Loading
2. Some Experiments with the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar
3. Compressive Strain-Rate Tests on Six Selected Materials at Strain Rates From 10−3 to 104 in./in./sec
4. The Rate Dependence of the Flow Stress of Some Aluminum Alloys
5. Tensile Testing of Material at Impact Rates of Strain
6. Techniques for Measuring Stress-Strain Relations at High Strain Rates
7. High-strain-rate Testing: Tension and Compression
8. Testing Techniques Based on the Split Hopkinson Bar
9. The Tensile Properties of Some Engineering Materials at Moderate Rates of Strain
10. Effect of Strain Rate on Yield Strength, Tensile Strength, and Elongation of Three Aluminum Alloys
11. Influence of Strain Rate on Mechanical Properties of 6061-T6 Aluminum Under Uniaxial and Biaxial States of Stress