Summarizing the latest advances in experimental impact mechanics, this book provides cutting-edge techniques and methods for designing, executing, analyzing, and interpreting the results of experiments involving the dynamic responses of materials and structures. It provides tailored guidelines and solutions for specific applications and materials, covering topics such as dynamic characterization of metallic materials, fiber-like materials, low-impedance materials, concrete and more. Damage evolution and constitutive behavior of materials under impact loading, one-dimensional strain loading, intermediate and high strain rates, and other environmental conditions are discussed, as are techniques using high temperature testing and miniature Kolsky bars.

1. Dynamic Tensile Characterization of Metallic Materials2. Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of Fiber-Like Materials3. Characterization of Damage Evolution and Its Influence on Mechanics Properties of Concrete Under Impact Loading4. Constitutive Behavior of Granular Materials Under High Rate of One-Dimensional Strain Loading5. Non-Parametric Extraction of the Constitutive Response of Low Impedance Materials Under High Strain Rates6. Miniature Kolsky Bars for High-Rate Testing7. Intermediate Strain Rate Testing8. Impact and High Strain-Rate Tests at High Temperature9. Small-Scale Experiments on Shock Wave Focusing in Two and Three Dimensions10. Simultaneous Full Field Stain and Temperature Measurements in High Strain Rate Testing11. Investigating Fracture Mechanisms in Opaque Materials Under Dynamic Loading Using High-Speed Synchrotron X-ray Imaging12. Materials Characterization at Hypervelocity Impact Conditions13. Frequency Analysis in Kolsky Bar Tests and Applications