High strain rate testing

This project stems out of Professor Fabrice Pierron’s EPSRC Established Career Fellowship project called Photodyn (Innovative photomechanical approaches in identification of the dynamic mechanical behaviour of materials). This project aimed at the development of novel high strain rate test methods based on ultra-high speed deformation and inverse identification.

Test configurations

IB-test-series Inertial Impact
Overview of the IB test series Image-Based Inertial Impact (IBII) Test
Ultrasonic Testing Inertial Release
Image-Based Ultrasonic Shaking (IBUS) Test Image-Based Inertial Release (IBIR) Test

 

Materials

Composites Polymers
Composites Polymers
Metals Brittle
Metals Brittle
Adhesives
Adhesives