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[November 2004]
Tensile Testing Standards
NPL, in collaboration with a number of European partners, has recently carried out research to validate the Standards EN 10002 Parts 1 and 5 covering room temperature and elevated temperature tensile testing. The project has developed tensile data sets in ASCII format that can be used to validate software used for determining the relevant material parameters, including Young's modulus, proof stress, tensile strength and elongation at fracture.
Furthermore, as a result of a significant intercomparison, recommendations on testing machine control methodology suitable for incorporation into the Standards have been produced. Additional work carried out in the project includes a comprehensive literature review of tensile testing, the development of inverse analysis software for tensile testing, modulus measurement, high temperature tensile testing and finite element simulation of testing.
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