The Combined Loading Compression (CLC) test method was standardized by ASTM in 2001, as ASTM D6641 1. During the past 10 years it has become the most-used compression test method for composite ...

This article is dedicated to Jim Williams who several years ago (2006) wrote an article in EDN regarding the need of a good lab apparatus to qualify the behavior of voltage regulators for compliance ...

Plastic strain refers to non-elastic deformation and can occur during specimen loading in a creep test. Plastic deformation can be measured using the hot-stepped loading process when the test is ...

Our industry is really foolish. Design engineers expect, and vendors furnish, output specifications at both no-load and various load conditions. Whether it is a basic op amp, a motor, or a line driver ...