A NEW AXIAL TENSION TESTER FOR BRITTLE MATERIALS.

Abstract

A unique and accurate device aimed specifically at tension testing of brittle materials has been devised. This device effectively minimizes in a simple manner parasitic bending stresses that usually arise in conventional tension testing. The text gives the reasons for minimization of these errors as well as the results of an experimental test program which showed that these errors were small. A comparison of the results obtained from this proposed method of testing to those already in practice is included in this report. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0685835

Entities

People

  • Francis I. Baratta
  • George W. Driscoll

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bending Stress
  • Materials
  • Stresses

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design