Document Outline

• Technical Support
  • How to Get Technical Support
  • Before You Contact MTS
  • If You Contact MTS by Phone
  • Problem Submittal Form in MTS Manuals
• Preface
  • Before You Begin
  • Documentation Conventions
• Overview
  • Template Overview
    • Templates
    • Fracture Templates
  • Legacy Template Overview
    • Importing Legacy Data
• Test Setup
  • Open the Controller Station
  • Prepare Controller Station for Operation
  • Crack Opening Displacement (COD) Sensor Signal Polarity
  • Enable Manual Control
  • Install Specimen
  • Disable Manual Control
• Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) Template
  • Set Up the Test
    • Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) Templates Overview
    • Set Up a Test
  • Define Test Parameters
    • Test Parameters
    • Precrack Parameters
    • Crack Growth Parameters
    • Delta K Control Mode Parameters
    • Constant Load Control Mode Parameters
    • Data Storage Parameters Properties
    • Test Termination Parameters
    • Assign Precrack Values
    • Calculator
  • Run the Test
    • Setpoint/Span Times for Delta-K Control
    • Turn On Hydraulic Power
    • Perform Crack Size Check
    • Entering DCPD Initial Crack Values
    • Precrack Specimen
    • Run the Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) Test
    • Enter Measured Crack Sizes
    • End Fracture Test
  • View Test Results
    • Fracture Test Results
  • Analyze Data
    • Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis Definition
    • Analyze the Test Runs
• JIC Fracture Toughness Template
  • Set Up the Test
    • JIC Fracture Toughness Template
    • Set Up a Test
  • Define Test Parameters
    • Test Parameters
    • Precrack Parameters
    • JIC Parameters
    • Data Storage Parameters Properties
    • Test Termination Parameters
    • Assign Precrack Values
    • Calculator
  • Run the Test
    • Setpoint/Span Times for Delta-K Control
    • Turn On Hydraulic Power
    • Perform Crack Size Check
    • Precrack Specimen
    • Run JIC Fracture Toughness Test
    • Enter Measured Crack Sizes
    • Fatigue to Fracture
    • End Fracture Test
  • View Test Results
    • Fracture Test Results
  • Analyze Data
    • JIC Fracture Toughness Analysis Definition
    • Analyze the Test Runs
• KIC Fracture Toughness Template
  • Set Up the Test
    • KIC Template
    • Set Up a Test
  • Define Test Parameters
    • Test Parameters
    • Precrack Parameters
    • KIC Parameters
    • Data Storage Parameters Properties
    • Test Termination Parameters
    • Assign Precrack Values
    • Calculator
  • Run the Test
    • Setpoint/Span Times for Delta-K Control
    • Turn On Hydraulic Power
    • Perform Crack Size Check
    • Precrack Specimen
    • Run the KIC Fracture Toughness Test
    • Enter Measured Crack Sizes
    • End Fracture Test
  • View Test Results
    • Fracture Test Results
  • Analyze Data
    • KIC Fracture Toughness Analysis Definitions
    • Analyze the Test Runs
• Run the CTOD Fracture Toughness Test
  • Set Up the Test
    • CTOD Fracture Toughness Template
    • Set Up a Test
  • Define Test Parameters
    • Test Parameters
    • Precrack Parameters
    • CTOD Parameters
    • Data Storage Parameters Properties
    • Test Termination Parameters
    • Assign Precrack Values
    • Calculator
  • Run the Test
    • Setpoint/Span Times for Delta-K Control
    • Turn On Hydraulic Power
    • Perform Crack Size Check
    • Precrack Specimen
    • Run the CTOD Fracture Toughness Test
    • Perform Fatigue Crack Mark
    • Constant Load Control Mode Parameters
    • Enter Measured Crack Sizes
    • End Fracture Test
  • View Test Results
    • Fracture Test Results
  • Analyze Data
    • CTOD Analysis Definition
    • Analyze the Test Runs
• Index