B. Skrotzki et al., DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CREEP SPECIMEN FOR MEDIUM AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE TESTS, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, 29(3), 1998, pp. 137-140
A new creep sample geometry is presented which has round heads instead
of threads to connect to the grips. This reduces high temperature adh
esion problems considerably. In addition, the production of samples fr
om materials which are difficult to machine or which requires expensiv
e machining techniques is made easier using this geometry. The success
ful use of the sample is demonstrated by means of two examples.