New types of micromechanical test at ESI

Lehrstuhl für Materialphysik

Erich Schmid-Institutfür Materialwissenschaften

Samples for micro compression testing

100 µm

2 µm

EXPERIMENTAL – set up for in situ compression testing

20 µm

Approach sample Load sample

Plastic deformation of micro beams

10µm

Fracture mechanics experiments on micro-samples

(C.Motz 2005)

Tensile specimen

Micro-gripper

In-situ tensile test