Abstract
A device for determining the strain-time behaviour of metals in compression is described. A cylindrical metal specimen forms one element of a coaxial capacitor which is coupled to one of two tuned variable capacitor circuits. The increase in capacitance of the specimen capacitor during deformation is measured as a voltage change on a cathode-ray oscilloscope. Typical experimental results are given which in conjunction with stress-time relationship can be used for determining the dynamic stress-strain behaviour of metals over a wide range of strain rates.
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