Test Name Creep Testing

Principle Creep testing is conducted using a tensile specimen to which a constant stress is applied at a constant
temperature, often by the simple method of suspending weights from it. The test is recorded on a graph of
strain versus time.
Methodology A creep-testing machine measures the creep (the tendency of a material after being subjected to high levels of stress, e.g.
high temperatures, to change its form in relation to time) of an object
Scope
Creep machines are most commonly used in experiments to determine how efficient and stable a material is. The machine is
used by students and companies to create a creep curve on how much pressure and stress a material can handle. The
machine is able to calculate the stress rate, time and pressure
Creep testing has three different applications in the industry:

1. Displacement-Limited applications : the size must be precise and there must be little errors or tendency to
change.This is most commonly found in turbine rotors in jet engines.
2. Rupture Limited applications: in this application the break cannot occur to the material but there can be various
dimensions as the material goes through creep. High pressure tubes are examples of them.
3. Stress relaxation limited application : the tension at the beginning becomes more relaxed and the tension will
continue to relax as the time goes by, such as cable wires and bolts.[4]
Stages of Creep[edit]
There are three stages of creep:

 Primary Creep: the initial creep stage where the slope is rising rapidly at first in a short amount of time. After a certain
amount of time has elapsed, the slope will begin to slowly decrease from its initial rise.
 Steady State Creep: the creep rate is constant so the line on the curve shows a straight line that is a steady rate.
 Tertiary Creep: the last stage of creep when the object that is being subjected to pressure is going to reach its
breaking point. In this stage, the object's creep continuously increases until the object breaks. The slope of this stage is
very steep for most materials.

Applicable
BS EN 10291 Metallic Materials - Uniaxial Creep Testing in Tension.
standard
BS 3500 Methods for Creep and Rupture testing of Metals.
ASTM E139 Conducting Creep, Creep Rupture and Stress Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials.
BS EN ISO 899 Plastics - Determination of Creep Behaviour.
BS EN 761 Creep Factor Determination of Glass
- Reinforced Thermosetting Plastics
- Dry Conditions.
BS EN 1225 Creep Factor Determination of Glass
- Reinforced Thermosetting Plastics
- Wet Conditions.
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