The principles upon which that machine was developed still apply today.
Fatigue testing machine diagram.
Fatigue tests are used on a range components from coupons through to full size test.
Fatigue strength is thus of very great significance in machine design.
He designed the machine to test railroad car axles and investigate axle brake failures.
Rotating beam fatigue testing systems were first developed in the mid 1800s by a german railroad engineer named august wöhler.
Fatigue testing is a specialised form of mechanical testing that is performed by applying cyclic loading to a coupon or structure.
Electrodynamic testing machines are used to determine the durability of materials and components in the finite life fatigue and high cycle fatigue ranges.
With the varying load to which most machines are exposed it is not the static break point but the fatigue limit which decides when a fracture occurs.
Materials fatigue performance is commonly characterized by an s n curve also known as a wöhler curve this is often plotted with the cyclic stress s against the cycles to failure n on a logarithmic scale s n curves are derived from tests on samples of the material to be characterized often called coupons or specimens where a regular sinusoidal stress is applied by a testing machine.
Mt3012 e fatigue testing machine with pc interface and software.