A Kolsky Torsion Bar Technique for Characterization of Dynamic Shear Response of Soft Materials

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1527-1534

  Nie, X ^a   Prabhu, R ^a   Chen, W W ^a   Caruthers, J M ^a   Weerasooriya, T ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High strain rate; Inertia effects; Kolsky torsion bar; Shear response; Soft materials

Indexed keywords

HIGH STRAIN RATES; INERTIA EFFECTS; KOLSKY TORSION BAR; SHEAR RESPONSE; SOFT MATERIAL;

CHARACTERIZATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; EXPERIMENTS; GELS; SHEAR FLOW; SILICONES; TORSIONAL STRESS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 80053576213     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-011-9481-4     Document Type: Article

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