Archiving The Data; Refining The Test; Tutorial 3 - Mecmesin MultiTest-x Series Operating Instructions Manual

ix) Before running Segment A the MultiTest-x will detect that the 'touch-on' facility
is active, then a touch-on routine will be executed.

7) Archiving the Data

The data associated with this test:
v) The Test Results
vi) The 'Raw' XY Data
vii) The Procedure
viii) Calibration Information
can be archived via the Print menu (see [1], [2]). Copies of typical data files from this
tutorial can be found on the support CD-ROM supplied with each MultiTest-x system.
(Note that, once data have been downloaded to an archive PC or datalogger, there is
no facility for downloading such data to another MultiTest-x system)

8) Refining the Test

Once a test has been developed and run a few times, a number of improvements
which could be made will now, almost certainly, have become apparent. For example,
in this program:
Just as in the case of Tutorial 1, there is no point in logging data until the test has
started to apply load to the specimen, therefore
i) Set the threshold load to 2N, ([1], [3], [1], [1] Threshold)
If the peak load occurs immediately before collapse, then the load returned by the first
calculation and the load at the point of collapse will be the same. However this might
not always be the case, under these circumstances adding a load at break calculation
might be useful.

Tutorial 3

This tutorial also assumes that you have familiarised yourself with the basic principles
of creating a MultiTest-x procedure by working through Tutorial 1. This 'cyclic'
program, will include an example of 'loadholding'.
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