The Engineering Behavior of Structural Metals Under Slow and Rapid Loading

Massard, J.M.; Collins, R.A.

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Title

The Engineering Behavior of Structural Metals Under Slow and Rapid Loading

Author(s)

• Massard, J.M.
• Collins, R.A.

Contributor(s)

Newmark, N.M.

Issue Date

1958-06

Keyword(s)

• Structural metals
• Flexure
• Uniaxial stress
• Stress

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to describe an experimental investigation concerned with the behavior of a few structural metals under a range of stress conditions applied in times that correspond to the responses which might be excited in ship structures by underwater explosion or air blast loading, or in building structures by earthquake shock or the explosion of a large scale weapon. The engineering aspects of material behavior are emphasized. The tests included uniaxial stress applied in either tension or compression, and flexural stress produced by third-point loading of small beams of rectangular section. The rise times of the loadings were varied from a few milliseconds to several minutes. An attempt is made to correlate the results obtained in the uniaxial stress tests with those obtained in flexure. The applicability of the results of this investigation to the general problem. of determining the behavior of structures under transient dynamic loadings producing extensive inelastic deformations is discussed briefly.

Publisher

University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Civil Engineering Studies SRS-161

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

• Office of Naval Research. Department of the Navy.
• Contract Nonr 1834(01)
• Project NR 064-419

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