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Mechanical Testing
This lab of Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A.'s carries out mechanical tests both on specimens and small scale component models, as shown below: - Standard mechanical tests such as tensile, compression, bending, hardness and charpy measurements;
- Fracture mechanics in terms of plane stress, plane strain, KIC, JIC,CTOD, crack growth and evaluation of defects instability;
- Fatigue mechanics both in elastic and plastic fields under a constant and variable applied load, and evaluation of the service life of mechanical components;
- Stress rupture creep tests also in combination with tension-torsion applied loads (maximum applied load 50kN);
- Creep fatigue;
- Thermomechanical fatigue;
- Four-point bending mechanical tests up to 1400°C.
Upon customers' requests, the mechanical tests can be also carried out simulating the operational environment through air, saline fogs, sea water and extreme temperatures ranging from -196°C and 1400°C. |
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