NOTE ON PERFORMANCE OF TAPERED GRIP TENSILE LOADING DEVICES

Alignment results are presented in terms of percent bending for a quick release, tapered grip, tensile loading device that has been propsed for testing sharply notched specimens of aluminum and magnesium alloys by a Task Group of the ASTM Committee E-24 on Fracture Testing of Metals. The results show that the bending introduced by the fixtures is strongly dependent on their relative rotational positions in respect to the loading roads which adapt them to the tensile machine. For one set of tapered grips the highest bending was about 15%. Recommendations are made for improvement in the design of the tapered grips which should reduce the bending stresses substantially.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Jones, M H
  • Brown Jr, W F
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 179-181
• Serial:
  • ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum alloys; Bending; Bending stress; Fracture mechanics; Magnesium alloys; Notch tests; Stresses; Tension; Tension tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fracture
• Old TRIS Terms: Tensile load; Tensile test
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096265
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Note
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM