Mechanical Characterization & Analysis User Center

Ceramic Flexure Test Facility

 
 
High Temperature Flexure Test
   

Six test frames with pneumatic actuators, each with loading capacity 2.2 kN to test simultaneously three flexure samples,
C-rings, or compression specimens.

Standard mechanical property tests (room temperature to 1500°C):

  • Static fatigue (time to failure measured as a function of static stress).
  • Dynamic fatigue (fracture stress measured as a function of loading rate).
  • Low cycle flexural fatigue.

 

 


 Oak Ridge National Laboratory