Calculations for required force to cut a copper wire at high strain rate

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Flow stress calc for copper

Yield stress, A 90 MPa
Strain hardening parameter, B 292 MPa
Strain hardening exponent, n 0.31
Strain rate hardening coeff, C 0.025
Thermal softening exponent, m 1.09
Melting temp., Tmelt 1356 K
Thermal softening ref. temp., Ttrans 298 K
Ref. strain rate, ἐ0 1 1/s
Normalised temperature, T* 0 As the temperature at wh
Equivalent plastic strain, εp 0.17 Ductility (% elongation) ta
Equivalent plastic strain rate, ἐp 170 1/s Assuming the failure strain

Equivalent flow stress, σ 292 MPa

Shear flow stress, τs, flow 168 MPa
As the temperature at which cut happens is below thermal softening temp.
Ductility (% elongation) taken if failure is considered
Assuming the failure strain reached in 1 ms
Tensile strength and yield strength of copper https://www.copper.org/resources/properties/144_8/
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