Charpy

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A form of Charpy impact test — A test of the impact strength of a material, used to determine its relative ductility or brittleness.

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nounCharpy (plural Charpies)

plural Charpies

  1. abbreviationellipsismaterials scienceEllipsis of Charpy impact test.

    However, after 5% strain, all the Charpy values for grade A were still above 27J at +20°C, as required by the LR Rules and the mean crystallinities were all below 50% indicating that the FATTs for all the plates remained below ambient temperature.

    2002, D. Francois, A. Pineau, From Charpy to Present Impact Testing, Elsevier Science, →ISBN, page 397

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charpy impact test

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