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Eric M. Johnson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Zhongyuan Qian - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Rainer Johe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Tensile Testing of Nitinol Tubes and Wires with Higher Strain Rates
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2009
    Co-Authors: Rainer Johe
    Abstract:

    During tensile testing of superelastic Nitinol material, the Specimen temperature increases as result of the exothermic Austenite-to-Martensite phase transformation. The increase in Specimen temperature has great influence on the stress-strain response—in particular, upper and lower plateau values—and limits the strain rate of the tensile test, so that for larger Specimen Dimension, the strain rate has to be reduced. A special setup of the tensile testing equipment has been developed using a fan to improve the heat exchange between the Specimen and the ambiance to allow much higher strain rates as well as even gradient of the upper and lower plateau. It could be shown that the strain rate of the first loading and unloading cycle could be two to four times higher as recommended in ASTM F 2516-07 without any negative impact on the determined values. The needed time for tensile testing of Nitinol products could be reduced considerably. The improved heat exchange gives a better comparability and reproducibility of the tensile test data.

Scott Chumbley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The effect of Specimen Dimension on residual stress relaxation of carburized and quenched steels
    Materials Science and Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2011
    Co-Authors: Zhongyuan Qian, Scott Chumbley, Eric M. Johnson
    Abstract:

    Abstract In this study X-ray diffraction was used to measure the redistribution of residual stress in carburized and heat treated AISI 8620 steel Specimens of different sizes during successive sectioning. Finite-element modeling was used to simulate the stress relaxation. Comparing the results of modeling to experimental results of ring-shaped Specimens shows that the residual stress relaxation associated with the size reduction was almost negligible. However, significant stress relaxation occurs while reducing the thickness of the Specimens. The results seen in ring-shaped test Specimens were verified by sectioning actual gear samples.

R W Steinbrech - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • threshold fracture stress of thin ceramic components
    Journal of The European Ceramic Society, 2008
    Co-Authors: Jurgen Malzbender, R W Steinbrech
    Abstract:

    Strength is widely used as a design criterion to characterize the mechanical limits of brittle materials. However, depending on the flaw size distribution, measured strength values show considerable scatter. Statistically this spread can be represented for a specific Specimen Dimension using Weibull statistics with the characteristic strength, Weibull modulus and threshold strength. A comparison of three- and two-parameter Weibull approaches is exemplified using fracture stress results of thin bi-layer ceramic bending Specimens taken from solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) components. Considering statistical parameters and the flaw size limiting thickness of the substrate layer in a SOFC, the three-parameter Weibull statistics is demonstrated to be more appropriate for the fracture characterization of thin ceramic components.