Articles about materials testing

Safer road barriers with high strength steels

By switching to high strength steels in road barriers, safety can be even better, while a smaller amount of steel needs to be used in the thinner beams. The results are presented in a three-year EU project that was recently completed, where Luleå University of Technology had an important role in material testing.

10 000 °C in a second

Gleeble 3800 is a state-of-the-art equipment installed in the materials lab at Luleå University of Technology. It will be used for thermal-mechanical materials testing and simulations. For example, the Gleeble can heat a sample with 10 000 °C per second.

Better model gives fewer crash tests

Fewer crash tests and a reduced need for material testing. Those are benefits that improved computational models can provide in terms of production of press-hardened steel parts for cars. The results are presented in a new doctoral thesis at Luleå University of Technology.

3D microtomography offers new opportunities

X-ray pictures of materials in 3D in a hundred times better resolution than before, which also can be done under load and under different temperatures. That is possible thanks to the new, state of the art microtomography system that is now available at Luleå University of Technology.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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