Mechanical testing

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Mechanical testing

For many applications the mechanical properties of a product or component are limiting for the function. Parameters such as stiffness, stress and strain are important to understand when designing a product in polymer materials.

 

Polymer materials exhibit viscoelastic properties, i.e. the mechancial properties varies with load and time in contrast to metals. To understand the viscoelastic properties is important for correct desgin and choice of a polymer for a specifik application which will be subjected to a load. For instance, the result obtained from tensile testing will vary with both time and temperature.

 

Services

  • Tensile testing
  • Compression testing
  • Creep
  • Simulation of stress/strain as function of load

 

Keywords

  • Tensile testing
  • Mechanical testing
  • Tensile rate
  • Stiffness
  • Stress and strain
  • Yield Point, Tensile stress, Failure stress, Ultimate stress
  • Effect of water
  • Effect of solvents
  • Effect of hydrocarbons
  • Climate chamber
  • Temperature dependency
  • Glass transition temperature
  • Creep

 

Competence

Polymer technology

  • Polymer materials
  • Polymer processing
  • Characterisation
  • Curing of thermoset

 

Epoxy technology

  • Curing progress
  • Conversion, vitrification
  • Curing kinetics
  • Resin and curing systems

 

Analysis & Characterisation

  • DSC, TGA
  • DMA
  • Tensile testing
  • Creep testing
  • Diffusion properties

Stability and lifetime

  • Accelerated ageing
  • Climate chamber
  • Life time prediction
  • Reaction kinetics
  • Life time extension

 

Simulation & Modeling

  • Heat transfer
  • Structural mechanics
  • Flow properties
  • Diffusions properties
  • Electric properties

 

Flow properties

  • Viscosity
  • Viscosity function
  • Pseudo-plastic
  • Thixotropy
  • Flow behaviour

 

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