Abstract In Merchant's modified shear angle solution it is assumed following Bridgman that the shear strength of the work material is a function of the hydrostatic stress. Although Merchant's experimental results confirm ...

An analysis is presented in which cutting speed, depth of cut and certain strain-rate dependent work material properties are taken into account. Good agreement between theory and experiment is shown over a wide range ...

Note: Estimating the charge size in explosive forming of sheet metal In the explosive forming of sheet metal some relatively easy method of estimating the size of the charge is needed. This short note describes a method ...