Dynamic Strength of Adhesive Layer under Combined Impact Loading using Clamped Hopkinson Bar Method.

A Tensile Split Hopkinson Bar for Testing Particulate Polymer Composites Under Elevated Rates of Loading

A tensile split Hopkinson bar apparatus is developed for testing high strain rate behavior of glass-filled epoxy. The apparatus uses a specimen gripping configuration which does not require fastening and/or gluing and can be readily used for castable materials. Details of the experimental setup, design of grips and specimen, specimen preparation method, benchmark experiments, and tensile respon...

Determination of Dynamic Delamination Toughness of a Graphite-Fiber/Epoxy Composite Using Hopkinson Pressure Bar

Modified dynamic three-point-bending and compact shearing test configurations based on Hopkinson pressure bar (HPB) and crack detection gage (CDG) (Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.) were used for the determination of the dynamic mode I and mode II delamination-initiation toughness of a unidirectional graphite-fiber/epoxy composite made of P7051S-20Q-1000 prepregs (Toray Composites America). The tra...

Advancements in the Split Hopkinson Bar Test

Using the split Hopkinson pressure bar to validate material models.

This paper gives a discussion of the use of the split-Hopkinson bar with particular reference to the requirements of materials modelling at QinetiQ. This is to deploy validated material models for numerical simulations that are physically based and have as little characterization overhead as possible. In order to have confidence that the models have a wide range of applicability, this means, at...

Verification and implementation of a modified split Hopkinson pressure bar technique for characterizing biological tissue and soft biosimulant materials under dynamic shear loading.

Modeling human body response to dynamic loading events and developing biofidelic human surrogate systems require accurate material properties over a range of loading rates for various human organ tissues. This work describes a technique for measuring the shear properties of soft biomaterials at high rates of strain (100-1000 s(-1)) using a modified split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). Establish...