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DYN AMIC MECHANICAL AN ALYSIS I TESTING MODES & APPLICATIONS
Iso-strain and Iso-stress Tests
In this mode, the strain or stress is held at a constant value and a linear heating rate is applied. These tests are valuable for assessing mechanical behavior under conditions of fixed load
(stress) or fixed deformation (strain). The right figure shows a sample of PET film tested in tension geometry under iso-stress conditions with a linear heating rate followed immediately by an
iso-strain condition and linear cooling rate. It can be observed in the figure that under iso-stress the strain gets larger as the sample is heated and softens. At a temperature of 85°C the
strain is then held constant and as the sample is cooled, the sample stress gets larger. These test modes are ideal for characterization of shape memory materials.
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