To help labs characterize the toughness of steel, a new software package allows analysis of instrumented Charpy tests, or Charpy tests augmented with strain gauges, in compliance with standards from ...

Charpy testing is a method for determining the relative impact strength of metals. It is also known as the Charpy V notch test. This testing method was developed in the 1940s by S.B. Russell and G.

At NPE 2015, Testing Machines Inc. of Newcastle, Del., will introduce a newly designed pendulum tester, Model 43-76, at Booth S12175. The device has a robust mechanical design that can easily be ...

A decade before an iceberg shattered the hull plates of the Titanic and half a century before a plague of brittle fractures started sinking Liberty ships during World War II, scientists in the United ...

The main features of the Zwick roboTest I Charpy impact tester are outlined. These include the automatic sample loader, sample camera, environmental chamber and the impact tester. The testing sequence ...