Stress/strain curves are often acquired under constant strain-rate conditions. The force required to produce this deformation behavior is measured with the Load Cell and normalized to yield the ...

It must be made clear that polymers respond to applied loads very differently to metals, making direct comparisons of strength and stiffness of limited use. For example, a large number of design ...

Engineers have long used stress-strain curves to uncover a host of material properties. The curves are created by plotting the results of tensile strength tests of material samples, putting stress ...

In Session 22 of the KLA Instruments Indentation University series, recent advances in nanoindentation techniques can be used to measure the entire stress-strain curve, even within a single metal ...

Three samples of shale rock, two from the Eagle Ford play and one from the Haynesville play, were successfully tested by instrumented indentation using a Nano Indenter G200 from KLA. Results were ...