Development, Validation and Implementation of Universal Testing Machine

The thesis paper will be covering the grounds of what, how and why a Universal Testing Machine is used, an alternative to the generic Universal Testing Machinedesigns and how it is built. The primary objective of this thesis work is to designand build a Universal Testing Machine which can handle a load up to 10kN forpolymer materials which is cost effective and modular. The operating system and electronic components are open-source leaving room for further development and compression test. The mechanical properties of material can be measured through tensile test. It gives the the characteristic of tensile strength, yield strength, modulus of elasticity, ductility, resilience, and toughness. The thesis paper covers the use of real timeimage processing for calculating and plotting of a stress strain curve. It also covers the implementation of open source code, using a MATLAB user interface to control, analyse and compile the results of tests done using the new machine. These results have been compared to values obtained from a standard Universal Testing machine and thus validated. As the machine is modular, the parts can be swapped with better components that fits the requirement, leaving the possibility for easy upgrades in the future