Mechanical testing of common-use polymeric materials with an in-house-built apparatus

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Pedrosa, C (Author) Other; Mendes, J (Author) FEUP; Magalhaes, FD (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Chemical Engineering Education

Vol. 40

Pages: 46-52

ISSN: 0009-2479

Publisher: American Society for Engineering Education

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Authenticus ID: P-007-F64

Abstract (EN): A tensile testing machine built that could be freely used by the students in the laboratory for testing polymeric specimens gathered from common-use objects is discussed. The design of the testing machine comprised four key components mainly a set of two grips, a motor, a force sensor and a displacement sensor. The students perform the tests by gathering the materials and analyzing the results both qualitatively and quantitatively, computing different parameters from the measured data. The in-house-built tensile testing machine proved to be an economic tool for allowing students to test the mechanical behavior of different polymeric materials.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific