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The Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) has sponsored a series of technical paper sessions titled “Novel Testing Techniques” at their annual meetings. These sessions were organized by the Dynamic Behavior of Materials Technical Division of SEM and started in 2008. One of the novel techniques that we first learned about by attending SEM was the use of a small-size Kolsky bar system especially designed for the testing of polymer-single fibers. The Mini-Kolsky Bar was added to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Kolsky Bar Laboratory based, in part, on the work presented at SEM conferences. A number of informal discussions at the annual SEM conferences added to the understanding and design details as we constructed our first small tension Kolsky bar. Subsequent developments of the NIST Mini-Kolsky bar, including improved gripping techniques were presented and discussed at SEM conferences. This paper reviews some of the work presented in the SEM’s Novel Testing Techniques sessions and discusses the history of additional follow-on work precipitated by the original papers.
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Rhorer, R.L., Kim, J.H., Mates, S.P. (2017). NIST Mini-Kolsky Bar: Historical Review. In: Casem, D., Lamberson, L., Kimberley, J. (eds) Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41132-3_25
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