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Charpy impact-testing machine [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Metallurgy - General
CONT

In the Charpy impact test, a notched specimen is supported as a simple beam and is fractured by a single blow. [The] standard pendulum-type Charpy impact-testing machine [is] used. .... The specimen is placed on the anvils in the horizontal position. [The] specimen is broken with a single blow delivered by the pendulum from a raised position, and the energy absorbed is read directly from the scale.

OBS

The general features of [the Izod impact-testing machine] are the same as those for the Charpy impact-testing machine ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Métallurgie générale
CONT

Un essai de résilience a pour but de déterminer la ténacité d'un métal, c'est-à-dire sa résistance au choc. Celle-ci est mesurée par l'énergie nécessaire pour provoquer la rupture d'un échantillon. On appelle cette énergie de rupture la résilience. [L'appareil] utilisé est le mouton-pendule de Charpy.

Spanish

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