Materials Metrology and Standards for Structural Performance [Hardcover]

Materials metrology and standards: an introduction. Mechanical testing machine criteria. Dynamic control methods. Dynamic force measurement. Strain measurement by contact methods and extensometry. Dynamic strain measurements. Uncertainties in uniaxial low-cycle fatique measurements due to load misalignments. Aspects of modulus measurements. Metrology for engineering materials. Accredited testing and reference materials. Metrology of wear. Metrology in the science of corrosion. Microstructural metrology. Statistical analysis of data. Statistical methodology for intercomparison studies. Index....an asset to the experimentalists in academic and research institutions. The Structural Engineer