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Materials Testing

Development of the scientific discipline

The development of the scientific discipline of ‘materials testing’ is closely linked to the dynamic development in materials science and materials engineering. The textbooks written by Blumenauer [1−3] provide an excellent overview of classic testing and analysis methods. Materials testing is considered a subfield of materials science [4, 5] with close links to other engineering disciplines, such as

• continuum mechanics
• solid mechanics
• manufacturing technology and
• automation technology.

With the enormous growth rates of plastics in global material production [6], interdisciplinary fields of knowledge such as ‘polymer testing’ and ‘polymer diagnostics/damage analysis’ have emerged as new freestanding scientific disciplines or fields of study [8]. In order to meet the growing demands on the reliability, safety and service life of plastic components and to rule out fracture as the most common cause of component failure, the methods of ‘technical fracture mechanics’ are used [7].

Tasks of materials testing

According to [2], the fundamental tasks of materials testing are

• the determination of suitable parameters for characterising the properties of materials and components and the quantitative representation of these properties in the form of characteristic values
• the continuous and largely automated monitoring of changes in properties occurring during the manufacture, processing and treatment of materials, including the detection of possible material defects
• the ongoing monitoring of the material condition during the operation of machines and systems, and
• the investigation of damage cases.

Classification of materials testing

This also leads to a classification of material testing methods, which is reflected in the basic structure of the textbook [3]:

• Mechanical testing methods,
• Methods for investigating composition,
• Methods for investigating microstructure,
• Corrosion testing,
• Non-destructive testing (NDT) methods,
• Physical testing methods,
• Methods for experimental strain and stress determination.

The textbook ‘Moderne Methoden der Werkstoffprüfung’ (Modern Methods of Materials Testing) published by Biermann and Krüger [7] provides an overview of new, often combined testing and analysis methods (see also: hybrid methods) with significantly increased information content.

The book covers the basics of the various methods and also focuses on many new testing and analysis methods, using examples from current research, particularly for metallic materials. The focus is on methods for determining mechanical and fracture mechanical properties, which, from a methodological point of view, can be transferred to the methods of modern polymer testing and polymer diagnostics in an application-oriented manner.

See also

• Materials technology & Materials science
• Materials science
• Material science & Plastics
• Polymer testing
• Polymer diagnostic
• Non-destructive testing (NDT)

References

[1]	Blumenauer, H.: Werkstoffprüfung. Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie Leipzig, 2nd Edition (1978) ISBN:VLN 152-915/46/79 (see AMK-Library under M 1)
[2]	Blumenauer, H.: Werkstoffprüfung. Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie Leipzig, 4th Edition (1984), ISBN VLN 152-915/104/87 see AMK-Library under M 2)
[3]	Blumenauer, H.: Werkstoffprüfung. Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie Leipzig Stuttgart, 6th Edition (1994); (ISBN 978-3-342-00547-6 see AMK-Library under M 3)
[4]	Worch, H., Pompe, W., Schatt, W. (Eds.): Werkstoffwissenschaft. 10th Edition (2011), Wiley-VCH Publishing, Weinheim, (ISBN 978-3-527-32323-4)
[5]	Callister, W. D., Rethwisch, D. G.: Materialwissenschaften und Werkstofftechnik. Eine Einführung. Wiley-VCH Publishing, Weinheim (2012); (ISBN 978-3-527-33007-2)
[6]	Grellmann, W., Seidler, S. (Eds.): Polymer Testing. Carl Hanser, Munich (2022) 3rd Edition, pp. 1–5 (ISBN 978-1-56990-806-8; E-Book: ISBN 978-1-56990-807-5; see AMK-Library under A 22)
[7]	Biermann, H., Krüger, L.: Moderne Methoden der Werkstoffprüfung. Wiley-VCH Publishing, Weinheim (2014); ISBN 978-3-527-33413-1 (see AMK-Library under M 35)

Weblinks

[8]	Grellmann, W.: Zur Herausbildung der Kunststoffprüfung als Wissenschaftsdisziplin. DVM-Nachrichten No. 49 (2009) p. 1

• Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie: Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_science

• Grellmann, W., Bierögel, C., Reincke, K. (Eds.): Wiki-lexicon „Polymer Testing & Diagnostic“ Version 15.0 (2025); http://wiki.polymerservice-merseburg.de/