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Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Graphical Analysis Tool

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An open-source Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar graphical data analysis tool has been developed. Written in Matlab®, the code can be freely distributed either as an executable binary or editable Matlab files. Beginning with raw voltages from two strain gages along with the incident/transmitted bars’ mechanical and geometrical properties, the user can visually analyze forces and displacements at the bar faces and the stresses and strains in the specimen. Wave dispersion and modulus correction are available in this package. A modest documentation and video tutorials accompany the software.

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  1. The Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, 200 Research Blvd., Starkville, MS, 39759, USA

    D.K. Francis, W.R. Whittington & W.B. Lawrimore II

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA

    P.G. Allison

  3. Multiphysics Lab, Arizona State University, 501. E. Tyler Mall, ECG 337, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA

    S.A. Turnage

  4. Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA

    J.J. Bhattacharyya

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Francis, D., Whittington, W., Lawrimore, W. et al. Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Graphical Analysis Tool. Exp Mech 57, 179–183 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-016-0191-9

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