Programming Periodic Fatigue Research of Composites Utilised for Ski Jumping Suits by Means of Merlin Test Profiler Software

Abstract

In the thesis, an example of using an Instron 5544 – a tensile testing machine for programmable fatigue research of composite material designed for ski jumping suits is described. A few basic parameters were considered in the research, such as the duty cycle of the composite under exploitation conditions, the duration of individual stages of loads, and mechanical properties of the material obtained as a result of static testing. These parameters were used to program the cycle of research on the Instron 5544 model, a tensile testing machine controlled with a computer and equipped with Merlin Test Profiler software.