The Effects of Strain-Rate and Strain-Rate History on the Mechanical Properties of Several Metals.

Abstract

Constant and variable strain-rate test data are reported for 1100-0 and 1199-0 aluminum, AISI 1020 steel, and commercially pure 50-A titanium in shear. Torsion tests on thin-walled tubes covering a range in shear strain-rates from 0.0001 to 25/sec. up to 10 percent strain show that pure aluminum shows very little rate sensitivity while steel and titanium are noticeably rate sensitive. Variable rate tests show that subsequent dynamic loading on a statically prestrained specimen causes an increase in the flow stress in steel and a decrease in the flow stress in titanium. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0714086

Entities

People

  • Jack N. Whitmire
  • Theodore Nicholas

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Coverings
  • Elements
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metals
  • Physical Properties
  • Sensitivity
  • Strain (Mechanics)
  • Strain Rate
  • Titanium

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.