Ultra high speed DIC and virtual fields method analysis of a three point bending impact test on an aluminium bar

Pierron, F., Sutton, M. A. and Tiwari, V. (2011) Ultra high speed DIC and virtual fields method analysis of a three point bending impact test on an aluminium bar. Experimental Mechanics, 51 (4), 537-563. (doi:10.1007/s11340-010-9402-y).

Abstract

This paper deals with the analysis of an aluminium beam impacted in a three point bending configuration using a Hopkinson bar device. Full-field deformation measurements were performed using Digital Image Correlation on images captured with an ultra high speed camera (16 frames at a time resolution of 10 ?s). The performance of the deformation and strain measurements were evaluated and the data were then used quantitatively to analyse the very complex dynamic behaviour of the beam. It was shown that the deformation of the beam was controlled by the interaction between the striker and the flexural bending wave triggered by the initial impact. The principle of virtual work was used to reconstruct the impact force from the shear strains and to analyze how this impact force relates to the acceleration of the specimen (inertia forces) and the development of the bending stresses. The results are in good agreement with expectations. This opens up new perspectives in the quantitative use of full-field measurements to extract elasto-plastic constitutive parameters from such impact tests

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Author: F. Pierron

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