Static Tensile Test of Small Pipe Selection of Optimal Grips and Extensometers (II)

The mechanical properties of aluminum and copper pipes, often used in air conditioners and in various precision instruments, must be evaluated in the form of their actual use.

Static tests are conducted with both ends of the pipe specimen processed flat and the center portion remaining in the form of a pipe, while conventional testing methods are performed by inserting a core into the gripped part of the specimen to prevent crushing.

Actual test conditions and test results are introduced below.

The following is an introduction of testing methods for highly reliable test results and some ideas on grip that encourage normal breakage of the specimen.

Specimen

Testing conditions

Examples of optimal grips

Extensometer for gauge length displacement

Fig 2 shows that the specimen is normally broken not at the gripped part, but near the center of the parallel part of the specimen.
Fig.3 and Table 1 indicate that the test data (tensile strength and elongation at max. load) for four specimens had very little fluctuation and also that the breakage extensometer for hard specimens is very effective for measuring the gauge length elongation of pipe materials.
Table 1 Results