Carbon/Carbon disks worn by a reduced scale braking test were characterised by an experimental set-up allowing the analysis of the whole disk.
The patients that failed the DSA test were characterised by signs of intercostal retraction in response to the added burden and were connected to the mechanical ventilator in assist-control mode for six hours.
A positive VILI test was characterised by a dense, thick, bright, mustard-yellow or saffron-yellow iodine non-uptake area seen in the transformation zone, close to or abutting the SCJ or when the entire cervix or a cervical growth turns densely yellow.
The tests are characterised by slenderness and load eccentricity.
Damage evolution for the different conducted tests was characterised with an air-coupled Ultrasound system, X-ray CT system and 3D optical microscopy system.
The full-field strain distribution during quasi-static tests was characterised using digital image correlation (DIC), and the fatigue damage behaviour was monitored using an infra-red camera.
The morphology of the wear tracks after pin on disc tests was characterised using SEM microscopy and profilometry with the aim of studying the wear mechanism.
The geothermal water used in tests was characterised by a high conductivity value, high total hardness and elevated concentrations of sulphates, silicates, calcium, magnesium, and macro and micronutrients, which can cause scaling phenomena to occur.
Typical methods for material damping determination, for example dynamical mechanical analysis or relaxation tests, are characterised by limited or zero spatial resolution which unavoidably results in the mis-estimation of the damping distribution.
Becker tests are characterised by a short duration (1, 3, 5 and 10 min) compared with that of the reactor tests and by the high number of the washing repetitions until the final pH measured is practically equal to the initial value.
