Metallic materials — Tensile testing at high strain rates — Part 1: Elastic-bar-type systems

This document specifies guidelines for testing metallic sheet materials to determine the stress-strain characteristics at high strain rates. This document covers the use of elastic-bar-type systems.

This test method covers the strain-rate range above 10² s⁻¹.

NOTE            This testing method is also applicable to tensile test-piece geometries other than the flat test pieces considered here.