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Bend Test measures the ductility of materials. Terms associated with bend Test apply to specific forms or types of...
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A compression test determines behavior of materials under crushing loads. The specimen is compressed and deformation...
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As indicated in the accompanying diagram, the creep of a material can be divided into three stages. First stage, or primary creep, starts...
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The definition of fatigue Test can be thought of as simply applying cyclic loading to your test specimen to understand how it will perform under similar...
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The flexure test method measures behavior of materials subjected to simple beam loading. It is also called a transverse beam test with some materials...
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Simply stated, hardness is the resistance of a material to permanent indentation. It is important to recognize that hardness is an empirical test and therefore
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Impact testing is testing an object's ability to resist high-rate loading. An impact test is a test for determining the energy absorbed in fracturing a test piece...
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Rheology testing is measuring the deformation of matter under the influence of imposed stress, by analysing the internal response of materials to forces. Polymer...
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The Shore test has been used since 1907 to determine the hardness of a wide variety of rubber and soft plastics. Originally there were only 4 different scales for rubbers...
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A tensile test, also known as tension test, is probably the most fundamental type of mechanical test you can perform on material. Tensile tests are simple, relatively...
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A torsion test can be conducted on most materials to determine the torsional properties of the material. These properties include but are not limited to...
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