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Charpy test: Politecnico di Milano relies on HBM equipment for high speed data acquisition
Italian researchers based at the Department of Mechanics in the Politecnico di Milano have
selected HBMs GEN7t high-speed equipment to improve the reliability and accuracy of data
acquisition on Charpy tests.
Charpy impact machines are used in material testing to determine whether a specimen is brittle or
ductile. The test is a standardized high strain-rate test to determine the energy absorbed by a
material during fracture as a measure of the samples toughness.
The test comprises a pendulum swung at a notched sample of material and the energy transferred
to the material can be calculated before and after the material has fractured.

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Digital data acquisition system to increase test accuracy

To increase test accuracy Politecnico di Milano wanted to develop a digital data acquisition system
capable of high sampling rates that could detect the pulse signals developed during impact
between the Charpy pendulum and the specimen.
Digitization of the Charpy pendulum as specified by UNI EN ISO 14556 requires a strain gauge
system fitted on the release mechanism and a sampling system with a bandwidth of at least 250
kHz. After investigating a number of alternative solutions, Politecnico di Milano decided that the only
system capable of meeting its needs was HBMs GEN7t.
The Genesis High-Speed device provides a sampling frequency of 1 MSamples/s and a bandwidth The setup of the system
of 250 kHz. Politecnico di Milano found that the ability to interface full-bridge strain gauge circuits,
half-bridge and quarter-bridge made the GEN7t particularly suitable for the Charpy pendulum
digitalization.
Additional signals can be acquired simultaneously through four channels while the bridges can be
easily balanced using pre-installed resistors in the system. HBMs Perception software provides an
intuitive interface that guides the researchers through optimal configuration of all parameters. This
greatly reduces the risk of errors caused by incorrect set-up of an experiment.
New information on the behavior of metallic material and its ductile/brittle transition can be
obtained by digitizing the Charpy test while the FATT (fracture appearance transition temperature
can be more accurately measured.

Innovative use for the Charpy test

The modifications to the equipments release mechanism enable the Charpy pendulum to be used
innovatively on different tests because the analog instrument suitable for only one type of test
has been transformed into a more versatile device with greater potential for scientific research.

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