Offline preparation for Split Hopkinson Tension Bar experimental campaign - preparation for ME-1716 (no X-ray)

The offline experimental setup and prior use of the Split Hopkinson Bar (SHTB) equipment are planned in ID19, at the lower section of the workshop, facilitated by Adrián Cimadevilla and José Manuel Rodríguez Sereno, visiting researchers on the beamline from UC3M (Spain) . This setup phase may take a few days to refine and automate. Once the equipment is installed, the lower section of the workshop will need to be secured, limiting access to authorized personnel only. During the offline experiments, pressurized air at 2-3 bar will be used to operate the gas gun. These tests will involve CFRP (carbon fiber-reinforced polymer) specimens simular to the ME-1716 as to fine tune the experimental paramters