Influence of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical behavior of Adiprene L-100

The effect of sample thickness, strain rate, and temperature on the mechanical response of Adiprene-L100 is presented. The compressive stress-strain response of Adiprene-L100 was found to depend on both the applied strain rate; 0.001 less than or equal to (epsilon) over dot less than or equal to 7000 s(-1), and the test temperature at high-rate; 77 less than or equal to T less than or equal to 298 K. Due to the slow, dispersive wave propagation in Adiprene-L100, thinner sample thicknesses are needed to assure uniform, uniaxial stress conditions within Hopkinson Bar samples; the optimal sample thickness being dependent on test temperature. Decreasing temperature from 298 to 77K at 3000 s(-1) was found to increase the maximum flow stress in Adiprene-L100 from 10 to similar to 210 MPa.