The purpose of this review is to discuss the development and the state of the art in dynamic
testing techniques and dynamic mechanical behaviour of rock materials. The review begins …

Hopkinson bar experimental techniques have been extensively employed to investigate the
mechanical response and fracture behavior of engineering materials under high rate …

A variety of techniques used to obtain the mechanical properties of materials at high rates of
strain (⩾ 10s− 1) are summarised. These include dropweight machines, split Hopkinson …

The Flattened Brazilian Disc (FBD) specimens were impacted diametrically by a pulse
shaping split Hopkinson pressure bar to measure dynamic tensile strength of a brittle rock …

The loading conditions influence not only the strength but also the cracking behaviors of
rocks. The crack behavior study in various rock types containing artificially created flaws …

This paper deals with the analysis of an aluminium beam impacted in a three point bending
configuration using a Hopkinson bar device. Full-field deformation measurements were …

The response to mechanical loading of the thermosetting resin system RTM-6 has been
investigated experimentally as a function of strain rate and a constitutive model has been …

In order to perform experimental identification of high strain rate material models, engineers
have only a very limited toolbox based on test procedures developed decades ago. The best …

Strain rate is not only an important measure to characterize the deformation property, but
also an important parameter to analyze the dynamic mechanical properties of rock materials …

The intent of this research is to determine the tensile strength and fracture behavior of
annealed and chemically strengthened aluminosilicate glass under static and dynamic …