Researchers at TU Wien have developed a novel method that is suitable for the mechanical tensile testing of micro and nanofibers. The special feature: Samples can be reversibly coupled to and ...

When assessing material strength, it is essential to perform mechanical tests at a constant strain rate. For strain-rate-sensitive materials, strength is not determined solely by the applied stress or ...

What is a Tensile Test? A tensile test pulls (or stretches) a sample and, as a result, the extensibility/elongation and tensile strength properties are measured in ...

Plastics compounders routinely perform mechanical tests as part of the product development cycle. Producers often turn to universal testing machines (UTMs) to pull, stretch, bend or compress test ...

Although standardized test methods for fiber-reinforced composites are used for a wide variety of fiber forms, most of these test methods were developed with a focus on composites with continuous ...

The materials, manufacturing processes, market and energy trends driving use of carbon fiber composites in global hydrogen storage applications for fuel cell-powered trucks, buses, trains and ...

The high and low-temperature tensile test machine is suitable for testing and analyzing mechanical properties such as tension, compression and bending of metal and non-metal materials in ...

Material testing is important in big industry, where manufacturers must be able to trust the properties of the raw materials they’re using. The rest of us generally take a supplier’s word for it that ...

Thwing-Albert’s FP-2265 Friction/Peel Tester measures friction, peel adhesion, seal strength, and tensile properties of films ...