Charpy testing is a method for determining the relative impact strength of metals. It is also known as the Charpy V notch test. This testing method was developed in the 1940s by S.B. Russell and G.

Measuring how materials respond to different deformation speeds is imperfect, leaving gaps and uncertainties across strain rates. A single, self-consistent method to measure hardness across 11 orders ...

The impact response of composite materials was of only minor interest prior to the introduction of carbon fiber in the mid-1960s. Before that time, the composites in use were primarily reinforced with ...

Armchair shopping on the internet and the advent of virtual reality imaging will soon change our lifestyle. Many products will be purchased from within our own living rooms and delivered directly to ...

During the late 1960s and most of the 1970s, the composites industry was absorbing the impact of what was then the recent introduction of carbon fiber. The resulting composites exhibited both high ...