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TestSuite Software

With modifiable applications, templates and access levels, you can create the exact tools you need for your test program. Whether you’re testing materials and components to specific industry standards or developing your own tests, MTS TestSuite™ Software will make it easier to get the data you need.

Key Features & Benefits

  • Easy, Intuitive Use — Graphical display of system for easy limit setting
  • Accelerated Testing — Virtual Specimen feature saves time in test setup and execution
  • Powerful — Built-in Iron Python programming language to create and modify tests
  • Versatile — Modules for designing tests and running the test equipment

Applications

Test types

Dynamic CharacterizationFatigue and FractureStatic Testing

Test specimens

CompositesCeramicsMetalsPlasticsElastomersRubberPolymers

Brochures & Datasheets

Technical Specifications

MTS TestSuite TW Templates

Sample of the many Metals test standards that can be addressed using MTS TestSuite TW templates
Standard Description
ASTM E8M Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
ISO 6892-1 Metallic Materials – Tensile testing at ambient temperature
EN 10002-1 Tensile Testing of Metallic Materials
ASTM E9 Standard Test Methods of Compression Testing of Metallic Materials at Room Temperature
ASTM E290 Standard Test Methods for Bend Testing of Material for Ductility
ISO 7438 Metallic Materials – Bend Test
ASTM E21 Standard Test Methods for Elevated Temperature Tension Tests of Metallic Materials
ISO 783 Metallic Materials – Tensile testing at elevated temperature
ASTM E517 Standard Test Method for Plastic Strain Ratio r for Sheet Metal
ASTM E646 Standard Test Method for Tensile Strain-Hardening Exponents (n-Values) of Metallic Sheet Materials
ASTM A48M Standard Specification for Gray Iron Castings
ASTM A370 Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

MTS TestSuite TW Templates

Sample of the many Polymer test standards that can be addressed using MTS TestSuite TW templates
Standard Description
ASTM D790 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
ASTM D412 Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers – Tension
ASTM D624 Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers
ASTM D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
ASTM D695 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics
ISO 178 Plastics – Determination of flexural properties
ISO 1798 Flexible cellular polymeric materials – Determination of tensile strength and elongation at break
ISO 527 Plastics – Determination of tensile properties
ISO 604 Plastics – Determination of compressive properties
ASTM D882 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting

MTS TestSuite TW Templates

Sample of the many Construction Materials test standards that can be addressed using MTS TestSuite TW templates
Standard Description
ASTM A370 Tensile Testing & Bend Testing Steel Rebar
ISO 15630 Steel for the reinforcement and pre-stressing of concrete – Test methods – Part 1: Reinforcing bars, wire rod and wire
ISO 1920-4 Testing of concrete – Part 4: Determination of flexural strength; Determination of tensile splitting strength
ASTM A185/ A185M Standard Specification for Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain, for Concrete
ASTM A615M Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
ASTM A82/ A82M Standard Specification for Steel Wire, Plain, for Concrete Reinforcement
EN 10080 Steel for the reinforcement of concrete. Weldable reinforcing steel
ISO 15630-2 Steel for the reinforcement and pre-stressing of concrete – Test methods – Part 2: Welded fabric
ASTM F606 Standard Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners

MTS TestSuite TW Templates

Sample of the many Polymer Matrix Composite test standards that can be addressed using MTS TestSuite TW templates
Standard Description
ISO 527-4 Tensile Properties of Isotropic and Orthotropic Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Composites
ISO 527-5 Tensile Properties of Unidirectional Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Composites
ASTM D3039 Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ISO 14126 In-plane Compressive Properties of Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Composites
ASTM D6641 Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Using a Combined Loading Compression (CLC) Test Fixture
ISO 14125 Flexure Properties of Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Composites
ISO 14129 In-Plane Shear Stress/Shear Strain Response of Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Composites
ASTM D3518 In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ISO 14130 Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Composite – Determination of Apparent Interlaminar Shear Strength by Short-Beam Method
ASTM D2344 Short-Beam Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials and Their Laminates

MTS TestSuite MP Fatigue & Fracture Modules

Fatigue Modules Scope ASTM Standards Contents
Low-Cycle Fatigue LCF testing up to 12 Hz E606 Test Template
D3479 Report Template
Includes templates for LCF and Analysis Definition
transition to HCF tests
High-Cycle Fatigue High-cycle fatigue testing up to 70 Hz E466 Test Template
D3479 Report Template
Analysis Definition
Advanced Low-Cycle Fatigue Constant-amplitude, strain-controlled E606 Test Template
fatigue testing up to 12 Hz D3479 Report Template
Analysis Definition
Calculates and corrects for thermal expansion Custom Wave Form Activity
during non-ambient temperature testing
Advanced High-Cycle Fatigue High-cycle fatigue testing up to 70 Hz E466 Test Template
D3479 Report Template
Calculates and corrects for thermal expansion Analysis Definition
during non-ambient temperature testing
Thermomechanical Fatigue (TMF) Thermomechanical fatigue testing E2368 Test Template
European Validated Code of Report Template
Practice for Strain-Controlled
TMF Testing EUR 22281 EN

MTS TestSuite MP Fatigue & Fracture Modules

Fracture Modules Scope ASTM Standards Contents
Clip Gage Fatigue Crack Growth Fatigue crack growth testing using a E647 Test Template
clip gage and compliance method Report Template
as measurement Analysis Definition
Direct Current Potential Drop (DCPD) Fatigue Crack Growth Fatigue crack growth tension testing using DCPD systems to measure crack length E647 Test Template Report Template
Analysis Definition
KIc Fracture Toughness Fatigue pre-cracking, using the compliance E399 Test Template
method as primary crack length measurement Report Template
Analysis Definition
Crack-Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) Fracture Toughness Determines critical CTOD values at one or more of several crack extension events E1290 Test Template Report Template
Analysis Definition
CTOD values can be used as measures
of fracture toughness
JIc-CTOD Fracture Toughness Fatigue pre-cracking, using the compliance E1820 Test Template
method as primary crack length measurement Report Template
Analysis Definition

Specifications are taken from the official MTS product page and may change; please confirm with our team before ordering.

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Landmark® Servohydraulic Test Systems

From complex thermomechanical fatigue studies to standard tension and compression tests, MTS Landmark systems deliver accurate, repeatable results.

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Air Cooled High Temperature Extensometers

These air-cooled high-temperature extensometers are designed for measuring axial strain in high temperature tension, compression, and through-zero fatigue testing applications up to 1200°C…

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Water Cooled High Temperature Extensometers

These water-cooled high-temperature extensometers are designed for measuring axial strain in high temperature tension, compression, and through-zero fatigue testing applications up to…

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Series 647 All-Temperature Hydraulic Wedge Grips

Series 647 All-Temperature Grips can be operated within an environmental chamber at temperatures up to 1000°F (540°C).