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Ffc(t) specimen overview – MTS Multipurpose Elite User Manual

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FFC(T) Specimen Overview

The FFC(T) specimen is the front-face compact tension specimen. The specimen geometry illustration
shown below is used in Fatigue Crack Growth compliance testing, Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD)
testing, J-Integral Characterization of Fracture Toughness (JIC) tension materials testing, and K-Integral
Characterization of Linear-Elastic Plane-Strains Fracture Toughness (KIC) of Metallic Materials testing.

FFC(T) Specimen

FFT(T) Specimen Description

Description

Item

Crack length

a

Original crack length

ao

Specimen thickness

B

Net specimen thickness

Bn

Notch height

h

Specimen width

W

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