Mechanical testing for ceramics.
Ceramic mechanical testing.
Materials testing measurement of the characteristics and behaviour of such substances as metals ceramics or plastics under various conditions the data thus obtained can be used in specifying the suitability of materials for various applications e g building or aircraft construction machinery or packaging a full or small scale model of a proposed machine or structure may be tested.
Toughness is an important criterion in ceramic properties mechanical evaluation.
Compression tests are more popular than tension tests since they tend to close pores cracks and other flaws resulting in higher test results than by those obtained by tension which tends to open rather than close cracks and microcracks.
I have read some standards such as astm c1161 for advance ceramic flexural testing.
However there s no recommended size of the sample.
Ceramic testing analysis ceramics are everywhere in our homes tableware tiles bricks sanitary ware and in technologies of the future in industries as diverse as electronics medical devices and aerospace.
This enables us to do very accurate lcf low cycle fatigue materials testing and analysis for the aerospace ground transportation and power generation industries.
Mechanical testing of nonmetallics is available at the ithaca ny lab only.