Date of Last Revision
2023-05-02 19:09:45
Major
Mechanical Engineering - Cooperative Education
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2016
Abstract
The Hopkinson Split Bar test can be used to accurately develop the relationship between the stress and strain a material undergoes during a high speed impact (rates of 1000/s). This information has many industrial uses, for example the auto industry can use this technology to analyze how materials will behave under crash-like circumstances. In this experiment the stress-strain curves were developed for the PC-Plumbing epoxy.
One of the variables that can be adjusted in the Split Hopkinson Bar test is the ration between the height of the sample and the width of the sample (Hs/Ds). This experiment investigated how three different sample sizes (0.25, 0.33, >1) affected the results.
The stress strain curves were found, as well as the maximum strain rates, yield strengths, yield strain and modulus’s of elasticity. The effect of the Hs/Ds also was that each sample size resulted within a distinct range of maximum strain rates.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Erol Sancaktar
First Reader
Dr. Scott Sawyer
Second Reader
None (ME project)
Recommended Citation
Howdyshell, Stanford L. 7867559, "Developing the Stress Strain Curves for an Epoxy Undergoing High Speed Impact" (2016). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 381.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/381