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Mechanical testing laboratory

Our mechanical testing machines allow investigating of many mechanical properties of unirradiated and irradiated (radioactive) specimens at the macro- and microscopic level: tensile, low- and high-cycle fatigue, fracture toughness, creep, impact, drop tower, nano-hardness to hardness. Most of them are equipped with temperature chamber to cover a wide range of temperature, from cryogenic temperature up to 1000 °C, in air or Ar/He atmosphere.

Examples of mechanical testing devices for radioactive materials

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α-box with tensile test machine
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Shielded drop tower
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Instrumented nano-indenter

The mechanical testing also involves complex non-standard experiments under extreme boundary conditions (high-temperature water, liquid metals, irradiation, …) in unique facilities (STIP, in-situ irradiation creep, TMF, …).

Examples of facilities for mechanical tests under extreme boundary conditions

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Thermo-mechanical (corrosion) fatigue facility
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Liquid metal loop
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Cyclic thermal shock facility

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Dr. Philippe Spätig

Paul Scherrer Institute
OHSA B12
CH-5232 Villigen PSI

Telephone:
+41 56 310 2934
E-mail:
philippe.spatig@psi.ch

Dr. Johannes Bertsch

Paul Scherrer Institute
OHLD 012
CH-5232 Villigen PSI

Telephone:
+41 56 310 4173
E-mail:
johannes.bertsch@psi.ch

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