ABSTRACT
The load should be applied continuously, without impacts, at a constant rate such that its increase produces an added stress of 10 bar per second at a maximum, in the smallest section parallel to the loaded faces of the component. The cross section should be taken either by geometric measurements or deduced from the weight (approximately on one component for all others of the same type). For components having a complex internal structure (with slanting walls) the load increase should not exceed 5% of the (estimated) failure load per second.
