A decade before an iceberg shattered the hull plates of the Titanic and half a century before a plague of brittle fractures started sinking Liberty ships during World War II, scientists in the United ...

Determine the failure mode of your material (brittle or ductile) at different temperatures, notch locations and orientations. This destructive test evaluates a material's impact resistance, also known ...

At NPE 2015, Testing Machines Inc. of Newcastle, Del., will introduce a newly designed pendulum tester, Model 43-76, at Booth S12175. The device has a robust mechanical design that can easily be ...

A Charpy test determines the impact toughness of metal samples by striking them with a swinging mass. The traditional test method requires measuring the difference between the height of the striker ...

Impact testing machines evaluate an object's capacity to withstand high-rate loading and it is commonly used to determine the service life of a part or material. Impact resistance can be among the ...