Dropweight-camera system for high strain rate mechanical testing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2869, Issue , 1997, Pages 729-734

  Swallowe, G M ^a   Hamdan, S ^b   Zeng, X ^c   Schiffers, W P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Changsha Institute of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

High strain rate; Mechanical properties; Poisson's ratio; Polymers

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; POISSON RATIO; POLYMERS;

CAMERA SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; DYNAMIC POISSON'S RATIOS; HIGH SPEED CAMERA SYSTEMS; HIGH STRAIN RATES; IMPACT EVENTS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 0242668915     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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