Abstract: This paper presents a new combined compression-shear testtechnique based on Hopkinson pressure bar to investigate the dynamicresponse of materials. The desired compression-shear loading were applied bythe beveled ends with different angles. The data processing methods arestudied and verified by the finite element analysis. A series of experimentson common metal were performed at the same impact velocity with the loadingangles ranging from 0^\circ to 60^\circ. It shows that this method canprovide combined compression-shear loading, and achieve a new experimentalmethod to investigate the dynamic mechanical properties of materials underimpact multiaxial loadings.