Cyclic fatigue testing apparatus
AssigneeNgk Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
InventorsKanji Ohya, Kohji Ogura
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Abstract
A cyclic fatigue testing apparatus intended for testing the cyclic fatigue of samples such as ceramic or the like, in which it comprises a vibration plate assembly comprising a flex plate provided with piezoelectric element layer(s) on at least one surface thereof, a sample supporting member disposed on the vibration plate for supporting the sample and a loading member for forcing the samnple onto the supporting member. The apparatus can operate over a wide frequency range by adjusting the position of the sample supporting member with respect to the flex plate and selecting the frequency of an alternating voltage to be applied to each piezoelectric element layer.
Claims11
A cyclic fatigue testing apparatus for testing the cyclic fatigue of samples such as ceramic, comprising a vibration plate assembly having a flexible plate provided with a piezoelectric element layer on at least one surface thereof, at least one end portion of said flexible plate being secured to a stationary table, a supporting member mounted on the bending surface of said vibration plate assembly for supporting the sample, and means for forcing the sample onto the supporting member.
A cyclic fatigue testing apparatus for testing the cyclic fatigue of samples such as ceramic, comprising a vibration plate assembly having a flexible plate provided with a piezoelectric element layer on at least one surface thereof, at least one end portion of said flexible plate being secured to a stationary table, a supporting member for supporting the sample, means for liftably retaining said sample supporting member, an elastic strip member for interconnecting said sample supporting member and the bending surface of said vibration plate assembly, and means for forcing the sample onto said sample supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.