This video demonstrates a three-point flexural bend test performed on plastics using an ADMET universal testing machine equipped with a three-point bend fixture. ASTM D790 is a standard test method ...

Coleman and Hardie's recent letter 1 on slow bend testing of hydrided zirconium poses some interesting questions with regard to the interpretation of the transition behaviour of zircaloy-2 (zirconium ...

A testing machine can be used to push, pull or twist a sample of the material in order to determine the mechanical properties of a material. Many materials are strain rate sensitive which means that ...