There is a growing interest in dynamic indentation due to its capacity to characterize the high strain rate mechanical response of small volumes of materials. Our objective is to understand the dynamic indentation response of elasto-viscoplastic materials and explore the extent to which this…
Impact loading induces damage as shock waves reflect off free surfaces, creating tension and initiating the nucleation, growth, and coalescence of a pore network. Typically, this is simulated by examining the behavior of a spherical shell under an isochoric approximation. This shell stems from…