Tensile testing is less common than compression testing, partly because it is more difficult to grip/hold the sample in such a manner that a tensile load can be applied without the sample breaking at ...

The surface area of the grip jaw faces may not be sufficiently covering a large surface area to hold the samples Most tensile testing standards suggest gripping at least 3/4th of the specimen surface ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 115, Section 5: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING (2006), pp. 147-157 (11 pages) Tensile properties of sheet steels at dynamic conditions are becoming more important for ...

The saturation ageing tensile stiffness (SATS) test consists of initial saturation prior to placing compacted asphalt core samples in a high-temperature and high pressure environment in the ...