Automated system of research in the field of experimental mechanics of materials

The article describes an automated system for scientific research Mekhanika devised at the Institute of the Strength of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine; the system is suitable for almost complete automation of routine operations in data processing of mechanical experiments connected with the calculation of the state of stress and strain of the test specimen, presenting the results of the calculation in the form of tables and graphs, and with the calculation of the required mechanical characteristics of the material. In addition the system offers the user great possibilities in generalizing the results of experiments, constructing various analytical approximations of the obtained data. The results of experiments and calculations can be stored in a specialized data bank.Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 3, pp. 71–79, March, 1993.