… hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics). …
Explanatory notes
… carefully selected or standard specimens). They may also be used during manufacturing processes, in … bending, etc., tests by means of separate attachments. Although they usually operate on the “start‑stop” principle, … torsional machines (in which the torsional direction is alternately reversed), electro‑magnetic fatigue‑testing …