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Interrupted Test of Advanced High Strength Steel with Tensile Split Hopkinson Bar Method

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The phase fraction evolution in a material during quasi-static and dynamic tests can be studied by interrupting the test at predetermined elongation values. While it is straightforward to interrupt quasi-static tests at a predetermined level of elongation, this interruption presents difficulties at high strain rate conditions. In the present paper, an interruption mechanism has been developed to control the elongation of specimens at high strain rate using a modified split Hopkinson tensile bar. This interruption mechanism is based on the interaction between the test specimen and the external interruption device. The influence of the designed external device on the stress waves and also the ability of the system to support the interruption of the deformation process were considered in the numerical analysis and verified by the experimental results. Finally, the influences of strain and strain rates on the volume fraction evolution of the retained austenite in quenched & partitioned steel were reported.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) for providing the synchrotron XRD facility of beamline no. B13. The authors acknowledge the financial support from China Science Lab of Research & Development Center of General Motors, the National Nature Science Foundation of China under grant No.11072118, Defence Industrial Technology Development Program No.B1520110003, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under grant No.LY12A02003 and the K.C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University. The authors would also like to express their sincere thanks to Baosteel Corporation for supplying the steel material.

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    X. Yang, X. Xiong & J. Wang

  2. Mechanics and Materials Science Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China

    Z. Yin, H. Wang & D. Chen

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Yang, X., Xiong, X., Yin, Z. et al. Interrupted Test of Advanced High Strength Steel with Tensile Split Hopkinson Bar Method. Exp Mech 54, 641–652 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-013-9828-0

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