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Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 Apr;87(4):045108. doi: 10.1063/1.4944484.

An ultra-high temperature testing instrument under oxidation environment up to 1800 °C.

The Review of scientific instruments

Xiangmeng Cheng, Zhaoliang Qu, Rujie He, Shigang Ai, Rubing Zhang, Yongmao Pei, Daining Fang

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
  2. Department of Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 27131708 DOI: 10.1063/1.4944484

Abstract

A new testing instrument was developed to measure the high-temperature constitutive relation and strength of materials under an oxidative environment up to 1800 °C. A high temperature electric resistance furnace was designed to provide a uniform temperature environment for the mechanical testing, and the temperature could vary from room temperature (RT) to 1800 °C. A set of semi-connected grips was designed to reduce the stress. The deformation of the specimen gauge section was measured by a high temperature extensometer. The measured results were acceptable compared with the results from the strain gauge method. Meanwhile, tensile testing of alumina was carried out at RT and 800 °C, and the specimens showed brittle fracture as expected. The obtained Young's modulus was in agreement with the reported value. In addition, tensile experiment of ZrB2-20%SiC ceramic was conducted at 1700 °C and the high-temperature tensile stress-strain curve was first obtained. Large plastic deformation up to 0.46% and the necking phenomenon were observed before the fracture of specimen. This instrument will provide a powerful research tool to study the high temperature mechanical property of materials under oxidation and is benefit for the engineering application of materials in aerospace field.

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