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The purpose of this laboratory is to learn how materials can deform with time at constant load. Creep tests will be conducted on lead (a low melting-point metal) 10.2. The specimen is attached by pins to two grips, one of which is suspended from a cross-beam at a distance Ls = 25. Mm on one side of a pivot.

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Creep

The purpose of this laboratory is to learn how materials can deform with time at constant load. Creep tests will be conducted on lead (a low melting-point metal) 10.2. The specimen is attached by pins to two grips, one of which is suspended from a cross-beam at a distance Ls = 25. Mm on one side of a pivot.

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TAM 224/CEE 210

101

10. Creep of Metals and Polymers


10.1. Objective
The purpose of this laboratory is to learn how materials can deform with time at constant load, and to identify probable deformation mechanisms based on the observed creep behavior. Creep tests (Fig. 1) will be conducted on lead (a low melting-point metal)

10.2. Apparatus
Four portable dead-weight creep testing machines of the type illustrated in Fig. 2 are available for use in this laboratory. The specimen is attached by pins to two grips, one of which is suspended from a cross-beam at a distance Ls = 25.4 mm on one side of a pivot. The specimen is then loaded by placing weights on a pan hanging from the other end of the beam, a distance Lw = 254 mm from the pivot. The load carried by the
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Fig. 2. Dead-weight creep machine.

specimen is therefore 10.0 times that transmitted through the weight-pan clevis pin. A linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) is used as a displacement transducer. The LVDT is attached to the apparatus to measure indirectly the extension of the specimen. Due to its position at a distance Ld = 127 mm from the pivot, the LVDT will sense a displacement which is 5.00 times the actual extension l of the specimen.
Fig. 1. Creep specimen undergoing creep in tension.

and a common polymer (such as polyethylene). These materials have been selected because they creep readily at room temperature.

Digital calipers are available to measure the dimensions of each specimen prior to testing. An electronic scale is used to measure the initial and incremental weights applied to the cross-beam.

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