In automotive and aerospace industry, many primary structural applications involve exposure to crash loads. This thesis presents an experimental study of the effect of strain rate on the tensile, compressive, and shear response of a carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite. Due to the absence of national or international standards in this field of material characterization, a dynamic test method was developed to perform measurements at high strain rates by using a split-Hopkinson bar system.
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In automotive and aerospace industry, many primary structural applications involve exposure to crash loads. This thesis presents an experimental study of the effect of strain rate on the tensile, compressive, and shear response of a carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite. Due to the absence of national or international standards in this field of material characterization, a dynamic test method was developed to perform measurements at high strain rates by using a split-Hopkinson bar syst...
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