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Load-Inversion Device for the High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of Sheet Materials with Hopkinson Pressure Bars

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A high strain rate tensile testing technique for sheet materials is presented which makes use of a split Hopkinson pressure bar system in conjunction with a load inversion device. With compressive loads applied to its boundaries, the load inversion device introduces tension into a sheet specimen. Two output bars are used to minimize the effect of bending waves on the output force measurement. A Digital Image Correlation (DIC) algorithm is used to determine the strain history in the specimen gage section based on high speed video imaging. Detailed finite element analysis of the experimental set-up is performed to validate the design of the load inversion device. It is shown that under the assumption of perfect alignment and slip-free attachment of the specimen, the measured stress–strain curve is free from spurious oscillations at a strain rate of 1,000 s−1. Validation experiments are carried out using tensile specimens extracted from 1.4 thick TRIP780 steel sheets. The experimental results for uniaxial tension at strain rates ranging from 200 s−1 to 1,000 s−1 confirm the oscillation-free numerical results in an approximate manner. Dynamic tension experiments are also performed on notched specimens to illustrate the validity of the proposed experimental technique for characterizing the effect of strain rate on the onset of ductile fracture in sheet materials.

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The partial financial support of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the MIT/Industry fracture consortium is gratefully acknowledged. Professors Tomasz Wierzbicki (MIT) and Bengt Lundberg (Uppsala University) are thanked for valuable discussion. Mr. Philippe Chevalier from Ecole Polytechnique is thanked for his assistance in carrying out the experimental work.

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  1. Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    M. Dunand & D. Mohr

  2. Solid Mechanics Laboratory (CNRS-UMR 7649), Department of Mechanics, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

    M. Dunand, G. Gary & D. Mohr

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Dunand, M., Gary, G. & Mohr, D. Load-Inversion Device for the High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of Sheet Materials with Hopkinson Pressure Bars. Exp Mech 53, 1177–1188 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-013-9712-y

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