International Journal of Plasticity
A sheet tension/compression test for elevated tempe
1. Introduction
The room-temperature testing of bulk materials under uniaxial tension (ASTM-E8-00, 2000) and compression (ASTM-E9-
89a, 2000) are well established. However, methods for large-strain compression testing in the plane of sheet materials
remain more challenging and specialized; they require suppression of buckling.
Two basic approaches have been presented, as reviewed elsewhere (Boger et al., 2005). The first method relies on a small
specimen with specific length-to-thickness ratio in a range of 16 to 2 corresponding to a limit compressive strain from 0.01