Abstract: For several types of excitation of one-dimensional elastic-plastic stress waves in a rod, unloading waves propagate which interact with the loading waves. The moving boundary at which this ...

Abstract: When a thin, elastic-plastic wire is transversely impacted, both longitudinal and transverse loading waves propagate. For certain types of excitation, unloading waves also propagate, and they ...

Abstract: Results are reported from an experiment involving photographic observation of constant-velocity transverse impact on long wires of annealed pure copper, two pure aluminums, and an aluminum alloy. ...