This book details the general principles of Kolsky bars, or split Hopkinson bars, used for obtaining dynamic material properties. It assists both beginners and professionals in characterizing high-rate material response with high quality and consistency.

The authors systematically describe the general principles of Kolsky bars, or split Hopkinson bars, which are widely used for obtaining dynamic material properties. Modifications are introduced for obtaining reliable data. Specific experiment design guidelines are provided to subject the specimen to desired testing conditions.

Detailed Kolsky-bar examples are given for different classes of materials (brittle, ductile, soft, etc) and for different loading conditions (tension, torsion, triaxial, high/low temperatures, intermediate strain rate, etc). The Kolsky bars used for dynamic structural characterization are briefly introduced. A collection of dynamic properties of various materials under various testing conditions is included which may serve as a reference database.

This book assists both beginners and experienced professionals in characterizing high-rate material response with high quality and consistency. Readers who may benefit from this work include university students, instructors, R & D professionals, and scholars/engineers in solid mechanics, aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering, as well as materials science and engineering.

Systematic comparisons between standard and high-rate experiments to demonstrate the need for proper design of high-rate material characterization methods Details of the experimental setup and critical issues in the design and construction of these high-rate testing facilities Detailed experiment design guidelines that illustrate the various challenges and experimental remedies in characterizing different classes of materials A collection of dynamic properties of materials that is currently not available in other publications Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Conventional Kolsky bars.- Kolsky compression bar experiments on brittle materials.- Kolsky compression bar experiments on soft materials.- Kolsky compression bar experiments on ductile materials.- Multiaxial compression experiments.- Experiments at high/low temperatures.- Tensile experiments.- Torsional experiments.- Kolsky bars for intermediate-rate experiments.- Structural experiments.