Mechanical characterization at intermediate strain rates for rate effects on an epoxy syntactic foam

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1336-1343

  Song, Bo ^a,b   Chen, Weinong W ^a,b   Lu, W Y ^c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epoxy foam; Intermediate strain rate; Materials testing machine; Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB); Stress strain curve

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FOAMS; MECHANICAL TESTING; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EPOXY FOAMS; INTERMEDIATE STRAIN RATE; MATERIALS TESTING MACHINE; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR (SHPB);

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 35648971155     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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