Abstract
In the instrumented Charpy pendulum, strain gauges mounted on the hammer react to strain waves resulting from the impact against the specimen by providing a jagged strain-time trace. This is electronically filtered to provide a smooth curve taken to represent the variation with time of the load applied to the specimen. The Hopkinson pressure bar (HPB) described here provides an alternative method of testing that does not require electronic filtering and simplifies data collection and interpretation.
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Dans un mouton pendule Charpy instrumenté, les jauges de contrainte disposées sur le marteau réagissent à l'onde de déformation provenant de l'impact sur l'éprouvette en produisant une trace irrégulière sur un graphe déformation/temps. Un filtrage électronique permet d'obtenir une courbe régulière, que l'on adopte pour représenter la variation dans le temps ou la charge appliquée à l'éprouvette. Le dispositif HPB présenté dans l'étude constitue une autre méthode d'essai, qui ne nécessite pas de filtrage électronique, et qui simplifie la collecte et l'interprétation des données expérimentales.
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Ruiz, C., Mines, R.A.W. The Hopkinson pressure bar: an alternative to the instrumented pendulum for Charpy tests. Int J Fract 29, 101–109 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034296
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