One of the most common testing methods, tensile testing, is used to determine the behaviour of a sample while an axial stretching load is applied. These types of tests may be performed under ambient or controlled (heating or cooling) conditions to determine the tensile properties of a material.

Tensile testing is performed on a variety of materials including metals, plastics, elastomers, paper, composites, rubbers, fabrics, adhesives, films, etc. Tensile testing is commonly used to determine the maximum load (tensile strength) that a material or a product can withstand. Tensile testing may be based on a load value or elongation value. Common tensile testing results include:

• Maximum Load
• Deflection of Maximum Load
• Work at Maximum Load
• Stiffness
• Load at Break
• Deflection at Break
• Work at Break
• Chord Slope
• Stress
• Strain
• Young's Modulus

Typical graph showing tensile strength testing of a plastic sample.

Typical graph showing tensile strength testing of a rubber sample.

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