Characterization of material behavior
- Yield locus curves and resulting yield locus curves (biaxial testing)
- Cyclic tension-compression tests (Bauschinger effect)
- Formability (forming limit curves according to ISO 12004 and up to 950 °C)
Determination of mechanical-physical characteristic material values
(ambient temperature up to 1100 °C, 0.00001 s-1 up to 1000 s-1)
- Elastic characteristic values (E-module, Poisson’s ratio)
- Plastic characteristic values (uniform elongation, strain hardening coefficient n, elongation at fracture)
- Strength parameters (yield strength, elastic limit, tensile strength, compressive strength)
- Stress-strain diagrams
- Characteristic anisotropy values according to ISO 10113 (r values)
- Flow curves
Determination of thermal-physical characteristic material values
- Thermal expansion coefficient
- Thermal conductivity
- Specific heat
- Calculation of thermal conductivity
Determination of technological characteristic material values
- Strain analysis
- Tribology and friction behavior (ambient temperature up to 1000 °C)
- Tube expansion tests /bursting tests (ambient temperature up to 1000 °C)
- Bulge test and maxi bulge test (determination of flow behavior above uniform elongation)
- Erichsen cupping / Erichsen index
- Limiting drawing ratios
- Hole expansion ratio according to ISO 16630
Determination of material structure and internal stresses
- Qualitative structure evaluation
- Quantitative analysis of structure parameters
- Quantitative determination of layer thicknesses and other variables in microscopic images
- Small-load testing, microhardness testing and hardness measurement (HV, HB, HRC)
- Hardness profiles and hardness mapping
- Roughness measurements
- Radiographic investigations
Component testing
- Structure and surface (internal stresses, microstructures, layers, etc.)
- Mechanical properties (hardness, strength, etc.)
- Geometrical features (shape, recess, etc.)