# US 10,768,081 B2 · Test device for thermal simulation tester

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- Number: US 10,768,081 B2
- Document ID: US10768081B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/202,232
- Filed: 2018-11-28
- Published: 2019-09-26
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-21
- Assignees: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
- Inventors: Rongsheng Qi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768081B2

## CPC

- G01N 3/02: Details
- G01N 3/08: by applying steady tensile or compressive forces (G01N3/28 takes precedence)
- G01N 3/18: Performing tests at high or low temperatures
- G01N 2203/0019: Compressive
- G01N 2203/0226: High temperature; Heating means
- G01N 2203/0682: Spatial dimension, e.g. length, area, angle
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

## Abstract

A device for implementing a high-temperature plane strain compression test on a thermal simulation tester is provided. High-hardness and special-shaped pressure heads are located at the upper and lower ends of a sample; side shim plates and end shim plates with insulation and high pressure resistance are respectively located in grooves in the end faces and the inner sides of high-strength fixed plates, and the combined fixed plates are respectively located on the left and right sides of the sample; and the combined fixed plates are fixed via four through holes of the fixed plates by high-strength bolts, washers and nuts to limit the plane strain problem caused by the deformation of the sample in the normal direction of the fixed plates.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A test device for a thermal simulation tester, comprising an upper pressure head, a lower pressure head, side shim plates, end shim plates, fixed plates, bolts, washers and nuts, wherein the upper pressure head comprises a cylindrical portion and a flat portion, and a plane of the cylindrical portion is connected to a top side of the flat portion; the lower pressure head comprises a cylindrical portion and a flat portion, and a plane of the cylindrical portion is connected to a top side of the flat portion; the upper pressure head and the lower pressure head are placed oppositely, and a sample space is reserved between bottoms of the respective flat portions; the fixed plates are respectively arranged outside two sides of the flat portions of the upper pressure head and the lower pressure head; the fixed plates are provided with grooves at upper ends and lower ends respectively; the end shim plates are respectively arranged between the flat portions of the upper pressure head and the lower pressure head and the grooves of the fixed plates; and the fixed plates are provided with through holes and fixed by the bolts and the nuts,
wherein two end faces of the flat portions of the upper pressure head and the lower pressure head are provided with strip grooves perpendicular to bottom surfaces of the cylindrical portions, and in the strip grooves, the side shim plates are arranged between the flat portions and the fixed plates.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the upper pressure head and the lower pressure head are made of YG8 hard alloy steel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the fixed plates are made of a high-temperature alloy.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the side shim plates are made of alumina ceramics.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the end shim plates are made of alumina ceramics.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the bolts are high-strength bolts.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the side shim plates are closely attached to the grooves in an inner side of the fixed plates, widths of the side shim plates and the grooves are matched, and gaps therebetween are not more than 1 mm.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The test device for a thermal simulation tester according to claim 1, wherein the end shim plates are matched with the grooves at two ends of the fixed plates in width, and gaps therebetween are not more than 1 mm.