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DUMBBELL SHAPED TEST PIECE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Rubber
CONT

Tensile Strength.: a measure of how many pounds per square inch it takes to tear a standard dumbbell specimen. The thick ends of this shape are held in the grips of a tensile testing machine and the sample is stretched to breaking point. The higher the number, the stronger the sample.

CONT

ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] Standard Designation: D412 - 68. [Title:] Standard Method of tension testing of vulcanized rubber. ... Test Specimens. 4.1. Dumbbell Specimens - The piece of rubber to be tested shall ... be flat ... and of a size which will permit cutting a dumbbell specimen by means of one of the standard dies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Caoutchouc

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