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Adiabaticity of high strain rate compression testing using the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Apparatus

In the development of explosively formed projectiles (EFPs), researchers are faced with the problem of testing prospective metals at high strain rates. So far it has been assumed that, relative to the cooling time, the deformation time is practically instantaneous indicating that the test is adiabatc: none of the heat generated
within the metal is lost to conduction. In this paper we construct a model that subtracts out the effects of kinetic energy and uses specific heat as a function of temperature. In this way we can focus on the energy change in the specimen that can be attributed to temperature and determine just how adiabatic the high strain rate test is. / vi, 74 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/74
Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:ALU.w.uleth.ca/dspace#10133/74
Date January 1997
CreatorsWalton, Frank Stewart, University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
ContributorsKaminski, David
PublisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1997, Arts and Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RelationThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)

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