Short description:

Summarizing recent advances in high strain rate testing, this book discusses techniques for designing, executing, analyzing, and interpreting the results of experiments involving dynamic behavior of multifunctional materials. Analytical and numerical modeling of materials under varied conditions are discussed.

Long description:

Summarizing the recent advances in high strain rate testing, this book discusses techniques for designing, executing, analyzing, and interpreting the results of experiments involving the dynamic behavior of multifunctional materials such as metals, polymers, fiber-reinforced polymers, hybrid laminates and so forth. The book also discusses analytical and numerical modeling of materials under high-velocity impact loading and other environmental conditions. Recent advances in characterization techniques such as digital image correlation and computed tomography for high strain rate applications are included.

Features

• Presents exclusive material on high-rate properties of fiber-reinforced composites


• Provides numerical techniques on the analysis and enriched data on the high strain rate behavior of materials


• Explores cutting-edge techniques and experimental guidelines for an array of different materials subjected to high strain rate loading


• Explains clear understanding of material behavior at various strain rates


• Reviews mechanical response of different materials at high strain rates

This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in mechanical, materials, and aerospace engineering.

Table of Contents:

1. Strain Rate Studies on Metallic and Non-Metallic Materials for Tensile and Compressive Behaviour Under Impact Loading: A Review. 2. Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Materials at High Strain Rates. 3. High Strain Studies of Polymer and Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites. 4. High Strain Rate Testing Setup Using Drop Mass Tower and Non-Contact Strain Measurement Technique. 5. Effect of High Strain Rate on the Tensile Behaviour of 3D Printed ABS Polymer. 6. Effects of Different Strain Rates on the Tensile Properties of Bi-Directional Glass/Epoxy, Carbon/Epoxy and Interply Hybrid Composites Using DIC. 7. Rate-Dependent Cohesive Zone Modelling for Polyurea-Steel Interface. 8. A Study on the Dynamic Behaviour of Multilayered Aluminium Alloy A5083 Due to Loading at High Strain Rates. 9. High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of High-Strength Steel Using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar. 10. High Strain Rate Testing of Automotive Sheet Steel with Evaluation of a Double-Cell Crash Box. 11. Role of Notch Location and Loading Rate on Tensile Strength of Glass/Epoxy Composites. 12. Impact Analysis of Concrete Structure Using a Rate-Dependent Damage Model. 13. A Novel Pulse-Shaping Technique to Forecast the Behavior of Brittle Material Using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar. 14. Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Behaviour of Ceramic Material and the Effectiveness of Pulse Shapers. 15. Optimizing Pulse Shaper Dimensions for Testing Rocks in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar. 16. Dynamic Strength Enhancement of Concrete in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Test. 17. Static and Dynamic Strength and Failure in Fiber-Reinforced Ultra-High-Performance Concrete. 18. Dynamic Characterization of Goat Tibia. 19. FE Study on the Effect of Angle of Impact on the Performance of Aluminium Plate against an Ogive Projectile. 20. Ballistic Performance of Oblique Impact on Monolithic and Layered in-Contact Metallic Targets against Ogival-Shaped Projectiles. 21. Parametric Study on Ballistic Impact Response of Ceramic-Composite Armour. 22. A Numerical Investigation on UHMWPE Composite Panel Subjected to Ballistic Impact with Lead Core Projectiles. 23. High-Velocity Impact Response of Titanium/Composite Laminates: An Analytical Modeling. 24. Transient Dynamic Response of Clay Brick Masonry Walls of Varying Aspect Ratios against Low-Velocity Impact Load. 25. A 3D Shear Deformation Theory for the Dynamic Response of 3D Braided Composite Shells under Low-Velocity Impact. 26. Mechanical Characterization of Bio-Sandwich Structures with Composite Skins and Coconut Shell Powder-Filled Epoxy Core. 27. Numerical Investigation of the Influence of the Design Parameters on the Blast Mitigation Response of Steel Plate Subjected to Free-Air Blasts. 28. Numerical Simulation of Water Tank Used for Underwater Blast Testing. 29. Performance of RC Plates Subjected to Explosive Loading. 30. Blast Response Analysis of Composite Column. 31. Characterization of Near-Field Blast Response of Aluminum Honeycomb Using Finite Element Simulations. 32. Parametric Study on Blast Response Mitigation Using Tube-Reinforced Honeycomb Sandwich Structures