The AFML Torsional Split Hopkinson Bar.

Abstract

The development, construction, and use of an experimental apparatus for testing materials in torsion at high rates of strain is described. Constant strain rate data can be obbtained at shear strain rates from 100 to 10,000/sec. The operation, calibration, and instrumentation of a torsional split Hopkinson bar apparatus is presented along with a discussion of the accuracy and reliability of data obtained with this device. Experimental data on commercially pure 1100-0 aluminum at high strain rates are obtained and compared with quasi-static data and those of other investigators. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0729880

Entities

People

  • Ira Fiscus
  • John E. Lawson
  • Theodore Nicholas

Organizations

  • University of Dayton Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aluminum
  • Calibration
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Experimental Data
  • Instrumentation
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Reliability
  • Strain Rate

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.