Chapter 1 Tension, Compression, and Shear

the most common test is tension test for metals, to obtain the stress-strain diagram of materials (compression test are most used for rock and concrete) cylindrical specimen are used ASTM standard specimen for tension test (round bar) d = 0.5 in (12.7 mm) GL = 2.0 in (50 mm) when the specimen is mounted on a testing system (MTS, Instron etc.),

  Testing, Tension, For tension