ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN MECHANICAL TESTING AT MICRON OR NANO-SCALES

An environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at scales of microns or less. The assembly includes an enclosure housing with an environmental cavity therein. A sample stage is positioned within the environmental cavity and includes an option sample heater. The enclosure housing...

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Main Authors MAJOR RYAN, OH YUNJE, VIEREGGE JEREMIAH, YOUNG CHRISTOPHER DAVID, HANGEN UDE D, SCHMITZ ROGER WILLIAM, KERANEN LUCAS PAUL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.07.2015
Subjects
BLASTING
DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION
HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
HEATING
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
LIGHTING
MEASURING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
TESTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:An environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at scales of microns or less. The assembly includes an enclosure housing with an environmental cavity therein. A sample stage is positioned within the environmental cavity and includes an option sample heater. The enclosure housing includes a cavity perimeter clustered around the sample stage, and the enclosure housing isolates the environmental cavity and the sample stage from an environment exterior to the enclosure housing. In an example, an expansion and contraction linkage maintains a sample on the sample stage at a static elevation according to heating or cooling fluctuations within the environmental cavity. A testing instrument access port extends through the enclosure housing into the environmental cavity.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314407783