Strength testing

Strength tests are amongst the most important test methods in Material testing. They correspond to various basic load cases and are used, for example, to determine a material's tensile, compressive, Bending, torsional or finite-life fatigue strength.

Strength tests can be grouped into accelerated (low-cycle) and long-term (high-cycle) methods and also into static and dynamic methods.

Static accelerated test methods:

• Tensile test
• Compression test
• Bending test
• Torsional test

Static long-term test methods:

• Creep rupture test (creep test)
• Stress-Relaxation test (relaxation test)

Dynamic accelerated test methods:

• Notched bar impact test
• Tensile impact test

Dynamic long-term test methods:

• Low cycle Fatigue test
• One-step / staircase test
• Engineering strength test