Material Strength Test: Yield, Tensile and Elongation Material yield point, tensile strength and elongation percentage are calculated in one of the most common and important tests.

Summary Students test a piece of aluminum foil, plastic from a zip-closing plastic bag, and copierpaper to learn about some of their properties. Students conduct tests on the materials and then help ...

Tinius Olsen revolutionized material testing with his 1880 'Little Giant', the first universal machine capable of tensile, compression, and transverse tests.

When first introduced to mechanical testing of composite materials, one can be confused, even overwhelmed, by the number of available test standards. One reason for this large variety of tests is the ...

A groundbreaking new material bends the rules of physics by combining surprising strength with impressive stretch. Scientists ...

In response to traditionally proprietary polymer matrix composites (PMC) qualifications, NCAMP continues its efforts to make material property databases publicly available.

Thanks to a new strategy in the development of materials related to steel, high strength and ductility are no longer mutually exclusive.

The threads that run the length of the tape are what give it its material strength—how much weight the tape can hold before breaking. The threads that run across the tape determine its tearability.