The Small Punch (SP) and Shear (ShP) tests are well established mechanical test approaches that have found application in several industrial sectors for material ranking property estimation, particularly where more conventional inhibited. Despite the advantages two methodologies to offer, main drawback is complex understanding of data generated from experiments how it can be correlated recognis...

This study presents a new mechanical tube cladding process named punch plastic deformation pipe cladding (PPDPC) based on local deformation by pressing a punch into the inner layer of the bimetal tube. To investigate the capability of the process, stainless steel tube (as the inner layer) is bonded to a carbon steel pipe (as the outer layer) to fabricate a bimetal pipe. Shear punch tests were u...

This paper presents an investigation on energy absorption characteristics of nano-reinforced panels, laminated face sheets and sandwich composites in high velocity ballistic and low velocity punch-shear experiments. The vinyl ester panels were reinforced with 1.25 and 2.5 wt. percent nanoclay and exfoliated graphite platelets. Three different face sheets were manufactured with E-glass, Owens Co...

The strain rate sensitivity (SRS) of Mg–1.5 wt% Gd processed by conventional extrusion and 2 passes of simple shear extrusion (SSE) was investigated by shear punch testing. Shear punch tests were conducted at initial shear strain rates in the range of 0.003–0.3 s-1 and at temperatures in the range of 573–773 K. A fine-grained microstructure with an average grain size of about 2.5 µm, obtained a...

This study examines the effect of tensile test temperatures ranging from 50°C to 600°C on the tensile properties of a modified 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel (T91) and a 316L stainless steel (SS) after high energy proton irradiation at about 35°C-67°C. After 1-3 dpa, the proton-irradiated T91 steel was tensile tested at temperatures from 50°C to 600°C. It was observed that the yield strength and ultima...

A small punch test is one of the innovative methods that can be used to evaluate the properties of a material without destructive harm to the in-service component. Conventionally identifying material properties by a uniaxial test is widely applied to engineering. How the properties obtained from a small punch test can be applied with the same utility has been a goal. In 2006, European Code of P...