Stress relaxation testing with a novel machine using rapid application of load

It has long been desirable to conduct Stress Relaxation measurements over shorter test times. The problem has been to achieve a short well-characterised loading phase and to obtain the first stress relaxation reading soon after the completion of loading. Although it is possible to programme a standa...

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Main Author: Edirisinghe, Ajith A. G.
Published: Loughborough University 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.556311