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The Hall–Petch and inverse Hall–Petch relations and the hardness of nanocrystalline metals by Naik, Sneha N., Walley, Stephen M.

“…We review some of the factors that influence the hardness of polycrystalline materials with grain sizes less than 1 µm. The fundamental physical mechanisms…”
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Is Wood a Material? Taking the Size Effect Seriously by Walley, Stephen M., Rogers, Samuel J.

“…This review critically examines the various ways in which the mechanical properties of wood have been understood. Despite the immense global importance of wood…”
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A review on the strain rate dependency of the dynamic viscoplastic response of FCC metals by Salvado, Francisco C., Teixeira-Dias, F., Walley, Stephen M., Lea, Lewis J., Cardoso, João B.

“…The response of structures and materials subject to impulsive loads remains a field of intense research. The dynamic loading and temperature increase affect…”
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Major Steps in the Discovery of Adiabatic Shear Bands by Dodd, Bradley, Walley, Stephen M., Yang, Rong, Nesterenko, Vitali F.

“…The standard story of the discovery of adiabatic shear bands is that it began with the American researchers Zener and Hollomon’s famous 1944 paper where the…”
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Crystal Indentation Hardness by Armstrong, Ronald, Walley, Stephen, Elban, Wayne

“…There is expanded interest in the long-standing subject of the hardness properties of materials. A major part of such interest is due to the advent of…”
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Review of the Validity of the Use of Artificial Specimens for Characterizing the Mechanical Properties of Rocks by Gell, Eleanor M., Walley, Stephen M., Braithwaite, Christopher H.

“…The field of rock mechanics is concerned with the response of rocks to the forces acting on them, characterizing this behaviour in specific environments and…”
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The Effect of Temperature Gradients on Elastic Wave Propagation in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bars by Walley, Stephen M.

“…If it is desired to obtain high rate mechanical data of materials at non-ambient temperatures using the split Hopkinson (Kolsky) bar technique, it is necessary…”
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Highways and Byways in the History of High Rate Mechanical Testing by Walley, Stephen M.

“…Up until the Industrial Revolution, the dynamic mechanical properties of materials were only of importance in warfare, particularly after the powder-driven gun…”
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An Assessment of Printing Methods for Producing Two‐Dimensional Lead‐Free Functional Pyrotechnic Delay‐Lines for Mining Applications by Bell, Tuuli M., Williamson, David M., Walley, Stephen M., Morgan, C. Gordon, Kelly, Cheryl L., Batchelor, Lynette

“…Shock‐tube detonators, used in the mining industry to initiate charges of blasting explosives, often contain pyrotechnic delay‐lines for controlling the…”
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The Use of Glass Anvils in Drop-Weight Studies of Energetic Materials by Walley, Stephen M., Field, John E., Biers, Richard A., Proud, William G., Williamson, David M., Jardine, Andrew P.

“…Conventional impact sensitiveness machines (e.g. Rotter and BAM) do not provide detailed information about hot‐spot ignition mechanisms in energetic materials…”
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Problems Associated with Making Mechanical Measurements on Water–Ice at Quasistatic and Dynamic Strain Rates by Potter, Ryan S., Cammack, Joseph M., Braithwaite, Christopher H., Church, Philip D., Walley, Stephen M.

“…Space penetrators are a potential method of inserting instrumentation onto ice-covered bodies in the solar system. Part of a study to see whether this is…”
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Optical techniques for the investigation of the ballistic impact of thin plates by Prentice, Helen J., Proud, William G., Walley, Stephen M., Field, John E.

“…The normal impact of chrome steel spheres upon mild steel and copper plates of various thicknesses was investigated. The bulging of their rear surfaces was…”
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A study of the compressive mechanical properties of defect-free, porous and sintered water-ice at low and high strain rates by Potter, Ryan S., Cammack, Joseph M., Braithwaite, Christopher H., Church, Philip D., Walley, Stephen M.

“…The dynamic strength of distilled water ice, porous distilled water ice and sintered ice powder have been measured in uniaxial compression at a range of…”
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Diagnostic techniques in deflagration and detonation studies by Proud, William G., Williamson, David M., Field, John E., Walley, Stephen M.

“…Advances in experimental, high-speed techniques can be used to explore the processes occurring within energetic materials. This review describes techniques…”
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Aristotle, projectiles and guns by Walley, Stephen M

“…When guns were developed in Europe in the 14th century, the theory of projectile motion was not the one we are familiar with today due to Galileo and Newton…”
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Major steps in the discovery of adiabatic shear bands by Dodd, Bradley, Walley, Stephen M, Yang, Rong, Nesterenko, Vitali F

“…The ASB phenomenon was first described by Russian researchers in 1928 and 1935. Translations of both papers are included…”
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Diagnostic techniques in deflagration and detonation studies by Proud, William G, Williamson, David M, Field, John E, Walley, Stephen M

“…Abstract Advances in experimental, high-speed techniques can be used to explore the processes occurring within energetic materials. This review describes…”
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