Abstract

A large diameter Hopkinson tube has been developed to measure the dynamic fracture toughness of materials. The stress wave propagation behavior in the Hopkinson tube under different impact conditions were studied both experimentally and numerically. Both the experimental and simulated results indicated that the characteristics of the incident stress pulse critically depended on the impact alignment conditions. When the striker tube impacts the incident tube in an axial, normal alignment condition, the incident pulse shows an obvious dispersive effect. While under an oblique impact condition, a smooth incident pulse with a long rise time is achieved. Therefore, an oblique impact pulse shaping technique is proposed in this study.

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