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Application of Design Aspects in Uniaxial Loading Machine Development
Published on: September 19, 2018
A simple and versatile machine for creep testing at low loads (6-300 N) and on miniaturized specimens: Application to
N T B N Koundinya1, Nandha Kumar E1, Niraj Chawake1
1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India.
Abstract:
High temperature creep testing at a very low load range (<10 N) on miniaturized specimens has always been a challenge due to inherent design limitation (such as significant preload) of the conventional creep testing machines. In the present study, the challenge was overcome by developing a simple and versatile horizontal creep testing machine to conduct creep tests in the loading range of ∼6-300 N in tension and in compression. The competence of the in-house-built horizontal creep machine was validated by conducting creep testing on dog-bone shaped sheet specimens of cast Mg-1Sn-1Ca (TX11) Mg-base alloy over a lower stress range of 1.6-5.9 MPa (equivalent load range of 6.4-18.1 N) at 450 °C and in the high stress range of 20-80 MPa (equivalent load range of 76-310 N) at 175 °C.
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