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Tensile Testing A Magnetic Steel Dogbone Specimen
- Overview
- Induction
- Examples
- Terms
How do engineers choose materials with the right set of mechanical properties for a given product or application? Actual conditions for materials in many industries involve high temperatures, and the properties of many materials change with increasing temperature. Consider the aluminum alloy from which an airplane wing is made, or the steel used to manufacture automobile axles.
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Tensile Test: To determine how much a part can be stressed or strained, the part is subjected to gradually increasing tensile loads along the long axis until deformation results in fracture.
Compression Test: To determine how much a part can be compressed; similar to the tensile test, but the applied force is compressive and the part gradually contracts.
Sheer/Torsional Test: To determine how much a part can be twisted before fracturing; a rotational force is applied along the long side of the part. Often used to test materials for axles and drive shafts.
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Brittleness |
The property of breaking without perceptible warning or without visible deformation. |
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Creep Rate |
The rate at which a strain, or deformation occurs in a material under a stress or load. Creep Strength is the maximum tensile or compressive strength that can be sustained by a material for a specified time at a specified temperature without fracturing. |
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Ductility |
The property of being permanently deformed by tension without fracture, that is, the ability to be drawn from a large to small size. |
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Elasticity |
The ability of a material to resume its original form after the removal of the force which has produced a change in its form. A substance is highly elastic if it is deformed easily and recovers quickly. |
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Elongation |
The increase in length of a bar under stress expressed as a percentage difference between the original length and the length at the moment of failure. |
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Fatigue Strength |
The measure, in pounds per square inch, of the load carrying ability without failure of a material in a dynamic situation. A load is applied and removed from the material a specific number of times. Fatigue strength is usually higher than the prolonged service tensile strength. |
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Modulus of Elasticity |
When an elastic material is subjected to a shearing stress, a displacement takes place: the ratio of the unit shearing stress to the displacement per unit length is the modulus of rigidity. |
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Strain |
When an elastic material is subjected to a shearing stress, a displacement takes place: the ratio of the unit shearing stress to the displacement per unit length is the modulus of rigidity. |
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Stress |
Internal forces set up in a material by the action of an external force. |
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Tensile Strength |
The maximum tensile load per square unit of original cross section that a material is able to withstand. Tensile strength is the most common measure of the strength and ductility of metals. |
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Thermal Expansion |
The maximum tensile load per square unit of original cross section that a material is able to withstand. Tensile strength is the most common measure of the strength and ductility of metals. |
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Toughness |
The relative degree of resistance to impact without fracture: the property of a material that enables it to absorb energy while being stressed above its elastic limit but without being fractured. |
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Yield point |
The minimum tensile stress required to produce continuos deformation in a solid material. |
