Mechanical properties are an important measure of product quality, and hardness measurements and tensile tests are commonly used to determine the mechanical properties of an alloy casting. Hardness of a material is a measure of its resistance to plastic deformation, whereas tensile properties measure the strength of a material and its ability to resist loads without failure, that is, a measure of its ductility. For samples pulled in tension at a constant rate, the tensile properties measured are the ultimate tensile strength (UTS), the yield strength (YS) at 0.2% offset strain, and the...
Mechanical properties are an important measure of product quality, and hardness measurements and tensile tests are commonly used to determine the mech...