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Spall fracture: methodological aspects, mechanisms and governing factors

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The dynamic tensile strength of materials at load durations of a few microseconds or less is studied by analyzing the spall phenomena under shock pulse loading. The paper is devoted to discussing the methodology and capabilities of the technique to measure spall strength, its error sources, spall fracture of materials of different classes and the factors governing the high-rate fracture of metals and alloys under such conditions.

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Kanel, G.I. Spall fracture: methodological aspects, mechanisms and governing factors. Int J Fract 163, 173–191 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-009-9438-0

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