Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Definitions and symbols
4.1 creep
4.2 test temperature, T
4.3 calibrated length, l
4.4 gauge length, LO
4.5 controlled temperature zone
4.6 initial cross section area, AO
4.7 applied tensile force
4.8 applied tensile stress
4.9 longitudinal deformation, DL
4.10 tensile creep strain, ecr
4.11 creep rupture time, tcr,m
4.12 creep strain rate, ecr
4.13 creep types
5 Significance and use
6 Apparatus
6.1 Test installations
6.2 Load train
6.3 Test chamber
6.4 Set-up for heating
6.5 Extensometer
6.6 Temperature measurement
6.7 Data recording system
6.8 Micrometers
7 Test specimens
8 Test specimen preparation
8.1 Machining and preparation
8.2 Number of test specimens
9 Test procedures
9.1 Test set-up: Temperature considerations
9.2 Test set-up: loading considerations
9.3 Test set-up: other considerations
9.4 Test technique
9.5 Test validity
10 Calculation of results
10.1 test specimen origin
10.2 Results
10.3 Creep strain rate curve
11 Test report