Instrumentation of National Physical Laboratory Fatigue Testing Machine.

Abstract

A National Physical Laboratory fatigue testing machine used for the fatigue pre-cracking of Charpy-sized test specimens has been instrumented. It is now possible to monitor crack growth electronically thereby reducing the operator's time in attendance at the machine from hours to minutes and improving the reproducibility of fatigue precracking. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA099293

Entities

People

  • D. S. Saunders
  • N. J. Baldwin
  • N. M. Burman

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Australia
  • Computer Programs
  • Cracks
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Gages
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Reproducibility
  • Rods
  • Security
  • Strain Gages

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics