The traveler visited The Netherlands to attend an international symposium entitled, Ultra High Temperature Mechanical Testing, during which key aspects of gripping and alignment, temperature measurement and calibration, heating equipment and control, extensometry and imaging, and, finally, testing techniques and experience involving advanced materials at temperatures >2000(degrees)C were emphasized. At conclusion of the symposium, the materials testing facilities at the Joint Research Center (JRC) for the European community (EC) in Petten, The Netherlands, were toured. Methods of mechanical testing for advanced materials such as super alloys, intermetallics, monolithic ceramics, and continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites (CFCCs) were examined and discussed at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) in Cologne, Germany.
Visit to The Netherlands to attend an international symposium entitled, 'Ultra High Temperature Mechanical Testing'. Foreign trip report, September 19--27, 1992
1992
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