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200 kN universal (electromechanical) test machine with high-temperature (1800°C) furnace. |
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Small universal test machine dedicated to room-temperature testing of flexure specimens and C-rings, as well as fracture toughness testing. |
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Standard mechanical property tests (using standard as well as specially designed test fixtures): |
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Static fatigue (time to failure measured as a function of static stress). |
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Dynamic fatigue (fracture stress measured as a function of loading rate). |
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Cyclic fatigue (cycles to failure measured as a function of cyclic stress). |
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Fast-fracture tensile and compressive strength. |
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Shear strength. |
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Fracture toughness. |
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Capability for compression creep tests with straight cylindrical specimens and contact extensometer (resolution, ~0.5 mm) and compressive creep rates (room temperature to 1800°C; stresses, as low as 0.05 MPa). |
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Rotary bend fatigue machine equipped with small furnace for testing small (~ 75 mm long and ~ 10 mm in diameter) cylindrical specimens in fully reversed cyclic loading. |
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Electromechanical Test Facilities
With Environmental Testing
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High-temperature clamshell furnace and ceramic retort, for both compression and flexure tests in air, inert gas, or vacuum at temperatures up to 1500°C. |
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Environmental tensile test facility: vacuum chamber mounted on test machine (screw-driven), mechanical pump, diffusion pump, regenerative gettering furnace, and temperature controller. High-temperature static, tension-tension cyclic, or dynamic loading in vacuum or inert environments (Room temperature to 1600°C using button-head tensile specimen geometry). |
