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15 Static and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of a Spark Plasma Sintered B 6 O–B 4 C Composite . . . . . . . . .79
Kimia Ghaffari, Salil Bavdekar, and Ghatu Subhash
16 The Development of Split Hopkinson Tension-Torsion Bar for the Understanding of Complex Stress
States at High Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Yuan Xu, Lukasz Farbaniec, Clive Siviour, Daniel Eakins, and Antonio Pellegrino
17 High Strain Rate Characterization and Impact Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Karthik Ram Ramakrishnan, Gustavo Quino, Justus Hoffmann, and Nik Petrinic
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15 Static and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of a Spark Plasma Sintered B 6 O–B 4 C Composite . . . . . . . . .79
Kimia Ghaffari, Salil Bavdekar, and Ghatu Subhash
16 The Development of Split Hopkinson Tension-Torsion Bar for the Understanding of Complex Stress
States at High Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Yuan Xu, Lukasz Farbaniec, Clive Siviour, Daniel Eakins, and Antonio Pellegrino
17 High Strain Rate Characterization and Impact Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Karthik Ram Ramakrishnan, Gustavo Quino, Justus Hoffmann, and Nik Petrinic
Contents