Dr. Mark E. Barkey

Professor of  Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
The University of Alabama


 
Compression of penetrator alloy.

The specimens were supplied by Dr. Stan Jones.

The MTS 810 frame was used with FlexTest SE controller with the Multi-Purpose Testware from MTS.
An extremely hard alloy block (Ni-hard) was used between the compression platens and specimen to keep the test
specimen from indenting the platen.  The bearing surfaces of the test specimen was lubricated with Molykote.