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This paper presents and experimental technique for determining compressive stress-strain curves well into the plastic range of relatively soft metals at strain rates from 300 to 2000 sec−1 at six temperatures from 30 to 550° C. More than 100 curves were obtained on annealed 1100° F aluminum. The strain-rate dependence in these tests could be fitted quite well either by a power function (log-log plot) or by a semilogarithmic plot, but the power function gave a better correlation of the present data with that obtained at lower strain rates by Alder and Phillips.1
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The results presented in this paper are part of a theses submitted by J. L. Chiddister in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Michigan State University, March 1962.
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Chiddister, J.L., Malvern, L.E. Compression-impact testing of aluminum at elevated temperatures. Experimental Mechanics 3, 81–90 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02325890
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