Dynamic tensile testing of soft materials

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Nie, X ^a   Song, B ^b   Ge, Y ^b   Chen, W W ^a   Weerasooriya, T ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic equilibrium; Impact testing; Inertia effects; Soft material; Split Hopkinson tension bar

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT STRAIN RATE; DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; DYNAMIC STRESS; DYNAMIC TENSILE TESTING; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; HIGH RATE; INERTIA EFFECTS; LOADING PULSE; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOFT MATERIAL; SOFT RUBBER; SPECIMEN GEOMETRY; SPLIT HOPKINSON TENSION BAR; SPLIT HOPKINSON TENSION BARS; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; TENSILE RESPONSE; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL;

IMPACT TESTING; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 67650168985     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-008-9133-5     Document Type: Article

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