The authors systematically describe the general principles of Kolsky bars, or split Hopkinson
bars, which are widely used for obtaining dynamic material properties. Modifications are …

The design of biomedical devices almost always involves some form of mechanical
characterization of biomaterials. This chapter provides a broad overview of experimental …

This paper reviews the literature on the response of polymers to high strain rate deformation.
The main focus is on the experimental techniques used to characterize this response. The …

Extensional stress− strain measurements on a polyurea (PU) were carried out at strain rates
up to 830 s− 1, in combination with ex post facto small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) …

Infrared thermography was carried out on a polyurea, stretched to failure, over four decades
of strain rates (0.026–400 s− 1). A correction for convective heat transfer was developed that …

The effects of the polymer/nanofiller interphase as well as the strain-rate on the tensile
behaviors of polyamide 6 (PA6) nanocomposites were studied. Two types of nano-silica with …

The realization of the high-speed biaxial tension process is vital for describing the complex
strain path, constructing forming limit diagrams, and predicting formability under dynamic …

In this series of papers, we examine the propagation of waves of finite deformation in
rubbers through experiments and analysis; in the present paper, Part I, attention is focused …

(57) ABSTRACT A typical inventive embodiment describes a tubular shape and comprises a
rigid outer layer, an elastomeric middle layer and a rigid inner layer. The elastomeric …

Wave propagation and retraction velocities were measured for two elastomers, a 1, 4-
polybutadiene and a polyurea, freely retracting from large tensile strains 2. From these data …