Instrumented Charpy Test

Load Time history for an instrumented charpy test

Compression Test
 Compression Test

Undeformed region (shaded) due to friction at ends of compression specimen

D02h0 = D2h
 The True compressive stress p produced
by this force P is

The True compressive strain p is given

by

Load-deformation curves for compression

tests with different values of D0/h0
Comparison of compression stress-strain curves for a ductile material in
the plastic range, using conventional true stresses and strains

s, s’
(Compression)
Conventional s-e

True s ’ -e ’

e, e’ (Compression)
Complete stress-strain diagram for gray cast iron
Comparative tensile and compressive strengths of brittle materials

Material Tensile Strength, Compressive Strength, Ratio

sut, psi suc, psi suc/sut

Gray cast iron 24,000 120,000 5

Concrete (28-day)a 400 5,000 12.5

Acrylics (plexiglas, lucite) 10,600 17,000b 1.6

Alumina ceramics (95% 30,000 300,000 10

Alumina)

a
1:3 mix (by volume), 7.8 sacks per cu yd, water-cement ratio 0.64 (by volume).
b
Stress at which excessive deformation or rupture ocuurs.
Stress-strain diagram for ductile material
Plane-Strain Compression Test

True stress and True Strain determined

in the plane strain compression test may
be expressed by: