EventsThe Eighteenth International Conference of Experimental Mechanics
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This submission belongs to the session ICEM. ICEM 2018 of the event The Eighteenth International Conference of Experimental Mechanics
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27 May, 2018
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Siebe Willem Frank Spronk, Erik Verboven, Francisco Antonio Gilabert, Ruben Dirk Bram Sevenois, David Garoz, Mathias Kersemans, Wim Van Paepegem, 193 Dynamic tensile testing of brittle composites using a hydraulic pulse machine: stress-strain synchronization and strain rate limits, in Proceedings of The Eighteenth International Conference of Experimental Mechanics, Brussels, 1 July–5 July 2018, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/ICEM18-05274
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193 Dynamic tensile testing of brittle composites using a hydraulic pulse machine: stress-strain synchronization and strain rate limits

1. Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering (MaTCh), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Tech Lane Ghent Science Park – Campus A, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 903, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
2. SIM SBO program M3Strength, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 935, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Abstract

The effect of synchronization on the test results is explored by performing dynamic tensile tests on several continuous-fibre composite laminates. The results show that synchronization is key, because a delay of a single microsecond significantly affects the test outcome at high strain rates. Additionally, several upper limits on the maximum achievable strain rate of the experimental set-up are determined with the aid of a finite element model. These limits depend on the characteristics of the used equipment, the properties of the tested material and the chosen specimen dimensions.

Keywords
high strain rate
tensile properties
polymer composites
carbon/epoxy
glass/polyamide-6
data reduction
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