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Fatigue testing

Specimen mounted on a servo-hydraulic tensile machine

Specimen mounted on a servo-hydraulic tensile machine with extensometer and thermocouple in hot-cell ready to be tested in low cycle fatigue.

Low cycle fatigue test specimen

Low cycle fatigue test specimen ready to be mounted on the machine with a dynamic extensometer.

Evolution of hysteresis cycles

Evolution of hysteresis cycles recorded during a Low Cycle Fatigue test performed on a stainless steel irradiated plate material, tested at room temperature and 1% imposed strain range (0.038 mm).