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  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,351 Views
25 Pages

16 July 2019

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) has become increasingly popular in repairing existing steel-reinforced concrete (RC) members or constructing new structures. Although the quasi-static axial compression performance of FRP-confined concrete (FCC) has bee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,484 Views
11 Pages

2 April 2020

The effect of using a pulse shaper technique, such as rounding a striker or applying a pulse shaper on the signals recorded with the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) technique, when the striker and the input bar are in an imperfect position, was i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,789 Views
20 Pages

High Strain Rate Response of Sandstones with Different Porosity under Dynamic Loading Using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB)

  • Grzegorz Stopka,
  • Roman Gieleta,
  • Robert Panowicz,
  • Daniel Wałach and
  • Grzegorz Piotr Kaczmarczyk

20 June 2024

This article presents the results of dynamic tests of sandstone samples differing in strength parameters and porosity, which were carried out with the use of the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). For this study, three types of sandstones were cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,080 Views
11 Pages

Surface Interactions of Transonic Shock Waves with Graphene-Like Nanoribbons

  • Shamal L. Chinke,
  • Inderpal Singh Sandhu,
  • Tejashree M. Bhave and
  • Prashant S. Alegaonkar

17 September 2020

Graphene-like nanoribbons (GLNRs) were fabricated (length—20 μm; width—2 μm) and subjected to blast-like pulsed pressure >1.5 GPa (pulse speed ≈1 Mach, impulse duration, ≈µs) to examine the amount of absorption....

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,241 Views
13 Pages

19 May 2021

As mining depth increases, the backfill mining method is more and more widely used in underground mines. The dynamic load generated by the blasting can affect the stability of the cemented tailings backfill (CTB). The CTB samples were prepared to con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,970 Views
23 Pages

23 April 2020

Stress wave, accompanied by explosion shock wave overpressure measurement and dynamic pressure calibration on shock tube, could cause error signals in the piezoelectric pressure sensor (PPS) used for measuring and calibrating. We may call this error...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
7,899 Views
15 Pages

Dynamic Splitting Performance and Energy Dissipation of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete under Impact Loading

  • Dashun Cui,
  • Limin Wang,
  • Chunwei Zhang,
  • Huiting Xue,
  • Dianwei Gao and
  • Fanxiu Chen

14 January 2024

In this paper, the influence of different fiber materials on the dynamic splitting mechanical properties of concrete was investigated. Brazil disc dynamic splitting tests were conducted on plain concrete, palm fiber-reinforced concrete, and steel fib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,419 Views
14 Pages

27 April 2021

This study focuses on the dynamic compression performance of corroded steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) exposed to drying–wetting chloride cycles by a 37 mm diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system. Three steel fiber contents (0.5%, 1...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,098 Views
11 Pages

29 December 2020

The dynamic damage of cracked rock threatens the stability of rock structures in rock engineering applications such as underground excavation, mineral exploration and rock slopes. In this study, the dynamic damage of cracked rock with different spati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,070 Views
16 Pages

Application-Oriented Digital Image Correlation for the High-Speed Deformation and Fracture Analysis of AISI 1045 and Ti6Al4V Materials

  • Lars Gerdes,
  • Sebastian Berger,
  • Jannis Saelzer,
  • Pascal Franck,
  • Ramon Helwing,
  • Andreas Zabel and
  • Frank Walther

5 October 2022

In order to achieve realistic simulations of the chip formation, high quality input data regarding the flow stress and damage behavior of the materials are required. The split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test setup for the characterization of highl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,546 Views
15 Pages

15 November 2021

The wide use of high-performance concrete (HPC) makes it essential to study its dynamic and thermal behavior. In this study, polypropylene fiber-reinforced high-performance concrete was developed and a series of tests were carried out to obtain its m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
598 Views
21 Pages

1 August 2025

Basalt-fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) composites, utilizing a natural high-performance inorganic fiber, exhibit excellent weathering resistance, including tolerance to high and low temperatures, salt fog, and acid/alkali corrosion. They also possess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
662 Views
12 Pages

Strain-Rate Dependent Behavior of Dispersed Nanocomposites

  • Hayden A. Hanna,
  • Katie A. Martin,
  • Andrew M. Lessel,
  • Zackery B. McClelland and
  • Jeffery S. Wiggins

3 September 2025

With decreasing production costs, carbon nanomaterials have become common, scalable, and cost-effective additives in high-performance composites due to the potentially significant increases in mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. The mecha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,552 Views
15 Pages

Mechanical Characterization of Different Aluminium Foams at High Strain Rates

  • Ana M. Amaro,
  • Maria A. Neto,
  • José S. Cirne and
  • Paulo N.B. Reis

1 May 2019

Samples having nominal compositions of AlSi12 and Al6082-T4 were prepared using a lost wax casting process, with nominal relative densities of 20%, 40%, and 60%, as well as arrangements of a uniform cell structure (US) or a dual-size cell (DS). For c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
871 Views
17 Pages

Research on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide-Modified Concrete

  • Tao Chen,
  • Qingwei Chen,
  • Yang Yu,
  • Erlei Bai,
  • Li Wang,
  • Yanqin Guo and
  • Ang Li

20 March 2025

This research investigates the dynamic mechanical properties of silicon carbide-modified concrete using a ∅ 100 mm large-diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). The effects of silicon carbide content, particle size, and strain rate on dyn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,556 Views
14 Pages

11 March 2024

Under dynamic loads, such as blasting, excavation, or quarrying, rocks with fissures are the first to sustain damage, leading to instability in the engineering rock mass. To investigate the kinetic properties of fractured rocks, fractured coal mine s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,463 Views
12 Pages

Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Slag Mortar with Alkali-Resistant Glass Fiber

  • Haibin Ma,
  • Shaofan Yang,
  • Ying Xu,
  • Peiyuan Chen and
  • Liang Wang

24 February 2022

To investigate the influence of alkali-resistant glass fiber on the dynamic mechanical properties and microstructure of slag cement mortar (SCM), five SCM blocks with different volumes of alkali-resistant glass fiber (0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1%)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,739 Views
15 Pages

29 February 2024

In order to study the impact of fracture thickness on the dynamic mechanical properties of rock specimens, impact compression tests on prefabricated sandstone specimens with different fracture thicknesses and intact specimens were carried out by usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,242 Views
19 Pages

12 May 2022

In order to explore the impact compression performance of aluminum oxide fiber concrete, the impact compression test of aluminum oxide fiber concrete with different contents is carried out by using the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) comprehensiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,989 Views
19 Pages

An Experimental Study on the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Polymer Concrete under Ultraviolet Aging

  • Yutian Liao,
  • Dongpeng Ma,
  • Yiping Liu,
  • Zhenyu Jiang,
  • Zejia Liu,
  • Licheng Zhou and
  • Liqun Tang

20 April 2021

Epoxy polymer concrete (EPC) is widely applied in engineering for its excellent mechanical properties. The impact loads and severe climatic conditions such as ultraviolet radiation, temperature change and rain erosion are in general for its engineeri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,169 Views
18 Pages

30 August 2021

In this study, a compressive impact test was conducted using the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) method to investigate SMA fiber-reinforced mortar’s impact behavior. A 1.5% fiber volume of crimped fibers and dog-bone-shaped fibers was used, and h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,392 Views
13 Pages

21 March 2024

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of sandstone ring specimens with different inner diameters on dynamic compression mechanical characteristics after dry and wet circulation. To carry out our study, we subjected a sandstone ring specime...

  • Article
  • Open Access
824 Views
22 Pages

12 September 2025

Engineering structures often face safety risks under impact or explosion loading, making the design of lightweight and efficient cushioning systems crucial. This study investigates the dynamic response and energy-dissipation characteristics of Expand...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,617 Views
20 Pages

Dynamic Compressive Mechanical Properties of UR50 Ultra-Early-Strength Cement-Based Concrete Material under High Strain Rate on SHPB Test

  • Wei Wang,
  • Zhonghao Zhang,
  • Qing Huo,
  • Xiaodong Song,
  • Jianchao Yang,
  • Xiaofeng Wang,
  • Jianhui Wang and
  • Xing Wang

5 September 2022

UR50 ultra-early-strength cement-based self-compacting high-strength material is a special cement-based material. Compared with traditional high-strength concrete, its ultra-high strength, ultra-high toughness, ultra-impact resistance, and ultra-high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,280 Views
17 Pages

13 June 2022

It is very important to study the influence of water content on the mechanical properties of coal rock to prevent rock burst and roadway instability under dynamic disturbance. In this study, the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test system was app...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,657 Views
25 Pages

Dynamic Impact Properties of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Phenolic Composites Containing Microfillers

  • Ibraheem A. Abdulganiyu,
  • Oluwasegun. E. Adesola,
  • Ikechukwuka N. A. Oguocha and
  • Akindele G. Odeshi

13 July 2023

The addition of nano- and microfillers to carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) to improve their static mechanical properties is attracting growing research interest because their introduction does not increase the weight of parts made from CFRPs....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
712 Views
19 Pages

16 July 2025

To comprehensively investigate the compressive behavior of basalt fiber-reinforced concrete (BFRC) subjected to multiple freeze–thaw cycles, a series of quasi-static and dynamic compression tests were conducted on BFRC at various fiber volume f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
4,316 Views
14 Pages

Mechanical Response and Shear-Induced Initiation Properties of PTFE/Al/MoO3 Reactive Composites

  • Junyi Huang,
  • Xiang Fang,
  • Shuangzhang Wu,
  • Li Yang,
  • Zhongshen Yu and
  • Yuchun Li

12 July 2018

Polytetrafluoroethylene/aluminum/molybdenum oxide (PTFE/Al/MoO3) reactive composites of a volume ratio of 60:16:24 were studied in this research. Quasi-static compression, dynamic compression and drop-weight experiments were performed to explore the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,967 Views
17 Pages

Experimental Study on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Sandstone Corroded by Strong Alkali

  • Qi Ping,
  • Chen Wang,
  • Qi Gao,
  • Kaifan Shen,
  • Yulin Wu,
  • Shuo Wang and
  • Shijia Sun

28 July 2022

In order to analyze the effect of different corrosion times on the dynamic compression mechanical properties of sandstone, the coal mine sandstone specimens are subjected to corrosion in NaOH solution with pH 11 for 0 d, 1 d, 3 d, 7 d, 14 d, and 28 d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,572 Views
15 Pages

4 February 2025

The Split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test is a commonly accepted experiment to investigate the material behavior under high strain rates. Due to the low impedance of soft materials, here, the test has to be performed with plastic bars instead of m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,535 Views
19 Pages

An Open-Source Algorithm for Correcting Stress Wave Dispersion in Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Experiments

  • Arthur Van Lerberghe,
  • Kin Shing O. Li,
  • Andrew D. Barr and
  • Sam D. Clarke

6 January 2025

Stress wave dispersion can result in the loss or distortion of critical high-frequency data during high-strain-rate material tests or blast loading experiments. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the benefits of correcting stress wave dispers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,393 Views
26 Pages

26 September 2020

The dynamic behavior of the lithium-ion battery is evaluated by simulating the full battery system and each corresponding component, including the jellyroll and thin-foil electrodes. The thin-foil electrodes were evaluated using a novel design of spl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,754 Views
14 Pages

22 March 2019

For the implementation of simulations for large plastic deformation processes such as cutting and impact, the development of the constitutive models for describing accurately the dynamic plasticity and damage behaviors of materials plays a crucial ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,716 Views
13 Pages

4 January 2021

The Split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB), which is used for acquiring material properties at high strain rates (102–104 s−1), requires proper specimen size selection. Under the same applied pressure, an increased S-S curve is obtained as t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,766 Views
15 Pages

27 November 2023

The split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) is a machine used for obtaining dynamic material properties at high strain rates of 102–104 s−1. In the SHPB test, the material properties obtained vary depending on the shape of the specimen. In ot...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,766 Views
7 Pages

Application of PVDF Gauges in Solid Interface

  • Zhifang Deng,
  • Ruoze Xie,
  • Fangju Zhang and
  • Gang Chen

It’s difficult to directly measure the pressure on the surface of the material in the impact process. PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) gauges may help to solve this problem. In this paper, some split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) experiments were carri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,971 Views
15 Pages

20 April 2022

The Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) test device is an important tool to study the dynamic characteristics of concrete materials. Inertial effect is one of the main factors that cause inaccurate results in SHPB tests of concrete materials. To solv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,826 Views
19 Pages

12 October 2020

The ductile behavior of strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) under direct tensile load makes them promising solutions in applications where high energy dissipation is needed, such as in earthquakes, impacts by projectiles, or blasts. Howev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,663 Views
19 Pages

16 October 2020

In this paper, experimental and numerical results of an aluminum alloy’s mechanical behavior are discussed. Over a wide range of strain rates (10−4 s−1 ≤ έ ≤ 103 s−1) the influence of the loading impact, velocity and tem...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,245 Views
21 Pages

21 October 2023

Since the split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test technology was proposed, it has played an important role in the study of dynamic mechanical properties of materials under the impact of dynamic load. It is a major test technology for the study of dy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
674 Views
10 Pages

Shock Wave Pressure Measurement and Calibration Method Based on Bar Pressure Sensor

  • Yong-Xiang Shi,
  • Ying-Cheng Peng,
  • Yuan-Ding Xing,
  • Xue-Jie Jiao,
  • Xiao-Fei Huang and
  • Ze-Qun Ba

1 August 2025

In order to correctly measure the shock wave pressure generated by a near-field explosion, and while considering the limitations of the measurement and calibration method of the current bar pressure sensor, an improved shock wave pressure measurement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,158 Views
22 Pages

11 January 2023

The split Hopkinson pressure bars (SHPB) system is the most commonly employed machine to study the dynamic characteristics of different materials under high strain rates. In this research, a numerical investigation is carried out to study different b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,774 Views
12 Pages

Deformation and Failure Properties of High-Ni Lithium-Ion Battery under Axial Loads

  • Genwei Wang,
  • Shu Zhang,
  • Meng Li,
  • Juanjuan Wu,
  • Bin Wang and
  • Hui Song

18 December 2021

To explore the failure modes of high-Ni batteries under different axial loads, quasi-static compression and dynamic impact tests were carried out. The characteristics of voltage, load, and temperature of a battery cell with different states of charge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,559 Views
14 Pages

22 April 2022

Young’s modulus is a key parameter of materials. The method of its calculation in the current paper is concerned with the mismatch of the mechanical impedance at the bar/specimen interface for a compression SHPB (split Hopkinson pressure bar) t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,501 Views
12 Pages

17 August 2023

Micro-cracks and material deterioration occur in concrete under high-temperature conditions. To reveal the impact resistance of concrete at a high temperature, a dynamic splitting test and dynamic compression test were carried out using a split Hopki...

  • Article
  • Open Access
728 Views
18 Pages

16 September 2025

This study examines the influence of friction at the specimen–bar interface on the macroscopic response of materials during dynamic compression tests using the split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) under high-deformation-rate conditions. A mesosc...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,465 Views
7 Pages

Mechanical Characterization of Compact Basalt by Using SHPB Device

  • Sunita Mishra,
  • Tanusree Chakraborty and
  • Vasant Matsagar

In the present work, dynamic stress-strain response of compact basalt is tested under high loading rates using 38 mm split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device. The physical and static mechanical properties of compact basalt, e.g., density, specific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,132 Views
17 Pages

Study on Damage Characteristics and Failure Modes of Gypsum Rock under Dynamic Impact Load

  • Yongxiang Ge,
  • Gaofeng Ren,
  • Congrui Zhang,
  • Yihu Shi and
  • Luwei Zhang

13 May 2023

The objective of this work was to investigate the damage characteristics and failure modes of gypsum rock under dynamic impact loading. Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) tests were performed under different strain rates. The strain rate effects on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,772 Views
16 Pages

1 January 2020

Polymer matrix composites (PMC), despite their many advantages, have limited use at elevated temperatures. To expand the scope of their uses, it becomes necessary to use thermal barrier coatings (TBC). In addition to elevated temperatures, composite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,172 Views
18 Pages

10 May 2020

This paper presents an analytical prediction coupled with numerical simulations of a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) that could be used during further experiments to measure the dynamic compression strength of concrete. The current study combines...

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