DEVELOPMENT OF A SPLIT HOPKINSON TENSION BAR FOR TESTING STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE OF PARTICULATE COMPOSITES UNDER HIGH RATES OF LOADING

DEVELOPMENT OF A SPLIT HOPKINSON TENSION BAR FOR TESTING STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE OF PARTICULATE COMPOSITES UNDER HIGH RATES OF LOADING Except where reference is made to the work of others, the work described in this thesis is my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee. This thesis does not include proprietary or classified information. Anthony Taylor Owens Certificate of Approval: Jeffrey C. Suhling Hareesh V. Tippur, Chair Quina Professor Alumni Professor Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Bart Prorok Joe F. Pittman Assistant Professor Interim Dean Materials Engineering Graduate School

DEVELOPMENT OF A SPLIT HOPKINSON TENSION BAR FOR TESTING STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE OF PARTICULATE COMPOSITES UNDER HIGH RATES OF LOADING

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