Abstract. To evaluate the strain rate sensitive mechanical properties of epoxy resin under high strain rate loading, the static and dynamic compression properties of PRIME TM epoxy resin was tested. To identify an appropriate method for assigning rate sensitivity to the material properties of the epoxy resin, three empirical models which suggest logarithmic or exponential dependency of the elastic and strength properties on the strain rate were applied to fit the experimental data. The capability of the three models were compared and discussed.
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