CRYOSTAT FOR FATIGUE TESTS DOWN TO LIQUID-NITROGEN TEMPERATURES

Authors
MALARRIA J SADE M TAGLIALAVORE E
Citation
J. Malarria et al., CRYOSTAT FOR FATIGUE TESTS DOWN TO LIQUID-NITROGEN TEMPERATURES, Review of scientific instruments, 65(6), 1994, pp. 2091-2094
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2091 - 2094
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1994)65:6<2091:CFFTDT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A cryostat was constructed and installed in a MTS 810 servohydraulic t esting machine for studying fatigue properties associated with pseudoe lastic cycling of shape memory alloys down to liquid-nitrogen temperat ures. Special attention was focused on eliminating temperature fluctua tions during the fatigue experiments. In order to perform long time fa tigue tests, an automatic controlled system which supplies the cryosta t with liquid nitrogen was developed and described in detail.