Harnessing the power of machine learning, scientists have developed a material testing technique that improves the accuracy of a previous technique used in manufacturing. Nano-indentation is a process ...

Researchers at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi have developed a locally-built machine designed to test the strength of ...

Researchers at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, have developed a locally built machine designed to test the strength ...

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed new approaches that significantly improve ...

In order to measure the mechanical properties of materials in compression, tension, bending or torsion, a universal testing machine is utilized. This article outlines the two different types ...

Material testing is important in big industry, where manufacturers must be able to trust the properties of the raw materials they’re using. The rest of us generally take a supplier’s word for it that ...

A testing machine can be used to push, pull or twist a sample of the material in order to determine the mechanical properties of a material. Many materials are strain rate sensitive which means that ...