The dynamic mode I and mode II fracture of rock have been widely investigated over the
past decades. However, the lack of dynamic mode III fracture testing method and the rare …

Background Advanced testing methodologies and measurement techniques to identify
complex deformation and failure at high strain rates have drawn increasing attention in …

Variable vibration is difficult to control due to the uncertainty and variability of vibration
frequency. Vibration absorbers are widely used in engineering, however, the efficiency of …

Uniaxial testing methods to characterize materials provide only limited data that is
insufficient to fully understand all aspects of their behaviour, such as initial texture or …

Abstract A Photon Doppler Velocimetry system that measures the propagation of elastic
shear waves in a Torsion Hopkinson Bar (THB) system is presented. The method uses …

We propose a novel double clamp Tension-Torsion Hopkinson bar (TTHB) technique for
measuring material responses under combined direct-shear loading. The proposed method …

The deformation and fracture behavior of the Ti-55531 alloy with a bimodal microstructure
(BM) under the pre-tension plus torsion composite loading were systematically investigated …

Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) of engineering thermoplastics is a well-established
additive manufacturing technique. In this work, an experimental investigation of the tensile …

This study introduces a comprehensive experimental methodology allowing for the direct
measurement of the rate dependent multiaxial response of polymer syntactic foams under …

Drilling and blasting is the conventional method used for rock fragmentation in open pit
mining. Blast-induced damage can reduce the level of stability of benches and pit slopes. To …