Tensile Creep/Stress Rupture and
Stress Relaxation Facility

Creep and Creep Rupture:

• Nine electromechanical tensile machines designated for long-duration creep-stress rupture, and low frequency tension-tension fatigue testing.
• Computerized control and data acquisition using in-house developed software application.
• Compact two-zone furnaces (maximum temperature, 1700°C).
• Low-contact force capacitance extensometers.

Stress Relaxation:

• Two stress-relaxation test frames devoted to metals and superalloy testing equipped with averaging extensometers and furnaces capable of 1100°C.