SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1994
STP13945S

Automated Data Acquisition and Data Bank Storage of Mechanical Test Data: An Integrated Approach

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The Mechanical Performance Laboratory of the Institute for Advanced Materials/Joint Research Centre (IAM/JRC) in Petten houses a range of universal and bend testing machines, used to generate tensile, creep, fatigue, and crack growth data on structural materials. A decentralized concept of data automation is implemented, in which each testing machine or group of testing machines is equipped with a dedicated PC for control and data acquisition purposes. All PCs are linked in a network, allowing data analysis and editing from any computer in the network and enabling the transfer of files to other users, for example, the High Temperature Materials Data Bank. The major criteria for selecting the chosen concept are user friendliness and flexibility. The potential of the automation system is illustrated with the help of examples relating to the computer-assisted alignment of a test specimen in a testing machine, to thermomechanical fatigue testing, and to a computer vision system for the in situ tracking of microcracks during thermomechanical fatigue testing.

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Bracke, G
Institute for Advanced Materials, Joint Research Centre, Commission of the European Communities, Petten, The Netherlands
Bressers, J
Institute for Advanced Materials, Joint Research Centre, Commission of the European Communities, Petten, The Netherlands
Steen, M
Institute for Advanced Materials, Joint Research Centre, Commission of the European Communities, Petten, The Netherlands
Over, HH
Institute for Advanced Materials, Joint Research Centre, Commission of the European Communities, Petten, The Netherlands
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 108–123
DOI: 10.1520/STP13945S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5283-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1985-7