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uniaxial tensile test [1 record]

Record 1 1990-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Strength of Materials
CONT

The following are well known tensile tests: The uniaxial tensile test in which a uniaxial tension is applied and in which cross-contraction can take place unrestricted. The uniaxial tensile test in which cross-contraction is prevented, producing a loading situation which can be denoted as a state of plane strain. The biaxial tensile test in which a state of plane stress is produced in the specimen by applying stresses or strains in two directions at right angles.

OBS

Tensile test: A test in which a piece of standard shape, made of metal, mortar, concrete, wood, etc, is pulled in a testing machine until it breaks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Résistance des matériaux
OBS

Dans les applications faisant appel aux fonctions de renforcement et d'écran séparateur, le comportement en traction des géotextiles est le critère principal de sélection (...) La mesure de la résistance à la traction devra (...) être fournie par un essai qui simule la sollicitation biaxiale et la déformation uniaxiale (...)

Spanish

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