Publications by authors named "Ian Dowding"
Article Synopsis
- The strength of materials varies with the rate at which they are tested, with defects like dislocations reacting to applied strains and influencing material performance.
- Microballistic impact testing has revealed that copper can experience a strength increase of about 30% when temperature rises by 157°C, a phenomenon also seen in titanium and gold.
- This unexpected thermal strengthening arises from a shift in the deformation mechanism, highlighting new approaches to model material properties under extreme conditions, useful for applications like high-speed manufacturing and hypersonic transport.
