short rod / short bar method

advantages / keuntungan :

1. bentuk spesimen kecil dan sederhana

2. tidak ada fatique praretak

menentukan ketangguhan patah bahan rapuh yang sulit untuk diretas. mengukur faktor
intensitas tegangan kritis bidang-regangan bahan logam

persamaan :

A = konstanta kalibrasi short rod

P. max = max. load

B = diameter short rod

The chevron-notched specimens are small, simple and inexpensive, and were developed to determine
the fracture toughness of brittle materials that are difficult to precrack. They differ from traditional test
geometries in many respects, primarily due to the chevron notch configuration. These specimens have a
minimum size requirement to achieve linear elastic test conditions. The thickness size requirement is
one-half that of traditional.