Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009.
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| author | Chan, Jason J. (Jason Joseph) |
| author2 | Tomasz Wierzbicki. |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/545292019-04-10T15:53:23Z Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower Chan, Jason J. (Jason Joseph) Tomasz Wierzbicki. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-39). Drop towers are used to perform mechanical tests at strain rates similar to those experienced in automobile crashes. By their nature, drop towers are configured to perform compression tests only. This project aims to design a set of fixtures and specimens to allow the machine to perform tensile tests. Two major design options were considered and analyzed using engineering mechanics and finite element analysis. The design selected used a double dog-bone specimen bent into a "U"-shape and impacted by a weighted force sensor with a steel tup attached to the bottom. The appropriate fixtures were designed. Future work on this project includes manufacturing of the fixtures, design and construction of a method for creating the specimens, and physical tensile tests using the new machine configuration. by Jason J. Chan. S.B. 2010-04-28T16:57:08Z 2010-04-28T16:57:08Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54529 565894728 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 41 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Chan, Jason J. (Jason Joseph) Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| title | Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| title_full | Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| title_fullStr | Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| title_short | Design of fixtures and specimens for high strain-rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| title_sort | design of fixtures and specimens for high strain rate tensile testing on a drop tower |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54529 |
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