General information

• Investigation area

  Other
• Techniques

  Mechanical testing
  
• Manufacturer

  various
• Measured quantity

  limit loads, elastic properties, fatigue strength, crack growth rates
• Main application

  Mechanical testing of metals; static tests (tension and compression), fatigue tests (tension, compression, torsion, rotating/alternating bending), test of rolling bearings, crack growth measurement, digital image correlation
• Facility

  Access to this instrument is possible via the MAPEX Core Facility for Materials Analytics

Instrument specification

• Technical aspects

  20 vibration testing machines covering different load and frequency ranges;3 rollover test stands for rolling bearings; ultrasonic pulser testing up to 20 kHz; alternating and pulsating loads; digital image evaluation (ARAMIS); system for recording crack growth rates.

Contact

• Application scientist

  Johanna Eisenträger
  , IWT
  IWT, FZB 1330
  Phone number
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• Peter Rathjen
  , IWT
  FZB/ Halle 2A - Raum 0/0220
  Phone number
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• Principal investigator

  Rainer Fechte-Heinen
  

Instrument location

• Group

  Department of Mechanical Properties
• Room

  Halle 2A, Raum 0200
• Institute

  IWT