Numerical calculation of tensile test using a dumbbell-shaped in thickness direction specimen

This study is the product of a tensile test of a uniaxial tensile specimen having a thinner test section than parallel section, which is a tensile test piece with a dumbbell shape in the thickness direction, fabricated by means of cutting as a preliminary experiment and an evaluation of the mechanical properties of the tensile specimen. In the tensile test, we compared the tensile properties of the dumbbell-shaped in thickness direction tensile specimen with those of conventional tensile specimens. In addition, we analyzed the states of stress and strain in the tensile specimens during a tensile test by using the finite element method