$\dot{\epsilon }$	Strain rate	$C_0$	Wave speed
$\epsilon$	Strain	${\epsilon }_R$	Reflected wave
$\sigma$	Tensile strength	${\epsilon }_T$	Transmitted wave
$l_s$	Sample length	${\epsilon }_I$	Incident wave
$A$	Cross-sectional area of bar	$F$	Force
$A_s$	Cross-sectional area of sample	$P$	Cumulative failure probability
$E$	Elastic modulus	m	Shape parameter of Weibull distribution
$\overline{\sigma }$	Average tensile strength at respective strain rates	N	Number of test specimens
${\sigma }_{\dot{\epsilon }}$	A parameter related to strain rate