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Term of the Road Dictionary

splitting tensile strength test

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Materials Material Testing
  • Definition : Test to measure the tensile strength under diametric compression of a cylindrical specimen placed horizontally between the two plates of a press.

Spaltzugfestigkeitsprüfung

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Baustoffe Materialprüfung
  • Definition : Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der Zugfestigkeit unter genau entgegengesetztem Druck auf einen zylindrischen Probekörper, der horizontal zwischen die zwei Platten der Presse angeordnet wird.

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