Bending tests are relatively simple, but we try to go the extra mile by extracting more information from them via their integration with DIC. Our experience with bending tests covers
- 3-point and 4-point bending tests via different approaches, including standard ones (per ISO 7438 and VDA 238-100) and a wide array of custom configurations
- For a wide range of metallic and non-metallic materials
- Integration with 2D or 3D DIC, as applicable
- For sheets and plate: evaluation of fracture strains under plane-strain loading (support the calibration of fracture models)
- Structural components: Flexural load-displacement curves for model validation
- Quasi-static rates, as well as intermediate and high rates
