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The important characteristic of these tests is that the strain rate is low, for example extension rates selected in the range from 10 −8 to 10 −3 s −1.The selection of the strain rate is very important because the susceptibility to cracking may not be evident from result of tests at too low or too high strain rate.
The stress intensity factor at the crack tip of a compact tension specimen is [4] = [() / / + / / + /] where is the applied load, is the thickness of the specimen, is the crack length, and is the effective width of the specimen being the distance between the centreline of the holes and the backface of the coupon.
Rainflow counting identifies the closed cycles in a stress-strain curve. The rainflow-counting algorithm is used in calculating the fatigue life of a component in order to convert a loading sequence of varying stress into a set of constant amplitude stress reversals with equivalent fatigue damage.
This gives the crack mouth opening compliance which is to be used to get crack length with the help of relationships given in ASTM standard E 1820, which covers the J-integral testing. [20] Another way of measuring crack growth is to mark the specimen with heat tinting or fatigue cracking.
The Izod impact strength test is an ASTM standard method of determining the impact resistance of materials. A pivoting arm is raised to a specific height (constant potential energy) and then released. The arm swings down hitting a notched sample, breaking the specimen. The energy absorbed by the sample is calculated from the height the arm ...
According to ASTM D883, stress cracking is defined as "an external or internal crack in a plastic caused by tensile stresses less than its short-term mechanical strength". This type of cracking typically involves brittle cracking, with little or no ductile drawing of the material from its adjacent failure surfaces. [ 1 ]
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ASTM D20-03(2014) Standard Test Method for Distillation of Road Tars D1160 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Reduced Pressure ASTM Distillation is a subset of the standards set by the standards organization ASTM International , a voluntary standards development organizations that sets technical standards for materials ...