NDT Metal Solution offers tensile testing services for metal materials. A variety of equipment models are used to test specimens in all sizes, from small fasteners up to large tubing and bolts.
Material strength testing, using the tensile or tension test method, involves applying an ever-increasing load to a test sample up to the point of failure. The process creates a stress/strain curve showing how the material reacts throughout the tensile test. The data generated during tensile testing is used to determine mechanical properties of materials and provides the following quantitative measurements:
Tensile strength, also known as Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS), is the maximum tensile stress carried by the specimen, defined as the maximum load divided by the original cross-sectional area of the test sample.
Yield strength is the stress at which time permanent (plastic) deformation or yielding is observed to begin.
Ductility measurements are typically elongation, defined as the strain at, or after, the point of fracture, and reduction of area after the fracture of the test sample.