High Strain Rate Test Facility

Recent automobile safety regulations and subsequent development of analytical models for automobile crash events have mandated the need for realistic constitutive data at high strain rates. This data is required as inputs for computational design models. If accurate numerical simulations can be obtained from computational models and high strain rate data, the expensive crash tests may be dramatically reduced. This not only translates into significant cost savings, but also will allow the automobile manufacturer to make minor adjustments in their design in a more timely and efficient manner. Keeping in view of this National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur announces the addition of a state of the art high strain rate test facility soon at its main campus. The system is expected to be operational from June 2010.