A new loading-constraining device for mechanical testing with misalignment auto-compensation

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 61-70

  Olmi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STRAIN GAGES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; LOW-CYCLE FATIGUE TESTS; NEW DEVICES; TESTING MACHINE;

FATIGUE TESTING; LOAD TESTING;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 82155197284     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: 17471567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2010.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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