A dynamometer is a piece of equipment that measures forces using a load cell. It can also impose a loading rate or maintain a constant load over time.
Equipped with a displacement sensor, the apparatus can impose a precise displacement or impose a constant displacement speed on a specimen. With the help of an extensometer, it is possible to measure the deformation of a specimen when it deforms under different modes, either under load, under displacement or under imposed deformation.
Used simultaneously, these three pieces of equipment can characterize the mechanical resistance properties of advanced materials.
The device is equipped with a climatic room allowing to carry out traction and compression tests (including bending) at low and high temperatures.
