Mechanical Analytic

Field of activity	Methods / Equipment
Determination of breaking strength	Bending strength 4-point-bending according to standard, RT – 1500 °C, various electro-mechanical and servo-hydraulic testing machines, 10-100 kN (MTS, Zwick,), piezo-actuator-driven loading frame Compressive strength Geometry according to demands
Fracture toughness and R-curve-behavior	Bending bars with indentation (Vickers, Knoop), notch (SENB), V-notch (SEVNB), Compact-Tension-specimens
Subcritical crack growth (scg)	4-point-bending with/without notch
Thermal expansion (coefficient of thermal expansion, phase transformations, …)	Temperature-expansion-curves, RT – 1550 °C, Dilatometer
Young’s modulus	Resonance frequency, RT – 1500 °C