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Swansea Materials Research and Testing (SMaRT)

Swansea Materials Research and TestingSwansea

UKAS schedule 7772 identifies SMaRT in the ISM Building at Swansea University Bay Campus. It restricts metals/alloys testing to that address and lists tensile, creep, stress rupture, separately controlled fatigue and fatigue-crack-growth methods. Each test has its own force and temperature conditions.

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Key facts

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Testing capabilities

Tensile, creep and stress rupture

Metals tensile tests are listed at ambient and elevated temperature. The scope separately covers creep and stress rupture from ambient to 1150°C, with constant-stress creep excluded.

Controlled fatigue and crack growth

Low-cycle force-controlled fatigue, high-cycle force-controlled fatigue, low-cycle strain-controlled fatigue and corner-crack growth by potential-drop measurement are distinct listed methods.

Equipment and published limits

Published equipment limits and conditions
SpecificationPublished valueConditions
Tensile conditionsUp to 100 kN; ambient or ambient to 900°CThe ambient and elevated-temperature rows use separately listed methods. These figures do not apply to every fatigue or creep method.
Fatigue conditionsLow-cycle force control: up to ±250 kN, ambient to 1150°C; high-cycle force and low-cycle strain control: up to ±100 kN, ambient to 900°CThe limits belong to their separate fatigue control modes. Corner-crack growth is listed from ambient to 900°C without transferring either force limit.

Access and contact

The schedule publishes Dr Andrew Jones, andrew.jones@swansea.ac.uk and +44 (0)1792 602273. Specify the metal, specimen, control mode, temperature, load history and reporting requirement when enquiring.

Facility contact

Address
Swansea University Bay Campus, ISM Building, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows
Swansea, SA1 8EN
United Kingdom

Standards and accreditation

UKAS 7772 — ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Issue 012 dated 22 September 2026 is site-only. Named references include ISO 6892 tensile methods, ISO 204/EN 2002-005 creep and stress rupture, EN 6072 force-controlled fatigue, BS 7270 strain control and ISO 12108 crack growth; exact editions and method allocations remain in the schedule.

What to confirm with the facility

  • Constant-stress creep is excluded. Tensile, low/high-cycle fatigue and corner-crack methods have different control modes and limits; the most permissive figure is not a universal facility envelope.
  • Confirm current availability, exact specimen/fixture, control mode, method edition, accredited reporting and quotation.

Before requesting a test

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Frequently asked questions

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  • Element Lancaster Materials Testing Laboratory

    Compare metal fatigue or crack-growth testing for the proposed article. Agree metal/alloy, loading mode, control variable, frequency, temperature, specimen and fatigue/crack-growth output.

  • Element Aberdeen Materials Testing Laboratory

    Compare metal fatigue or crack-growth testing for the proposed article. Agree metal/alloy, loading mode, control variable, frequency, temperature, specimen and fatigue/crack-growth output.

Further reading

  • Materials and structural testing

    Browse materials and structural testing for metal creep or stress-rupture testing. Match the selected article, method and conditions in this exact retained task before comparing entries.

  • Write a test procedure for a requirement

    For metal creep or stress-rupture testing; metal fatigue or crack-growth testing, specify the material or product, preparation, apparatus, loading or measurement steps and required observations before requesting a report.

Sources and review

Arc reviewed the original sources on 2026-10-13. The cited material supports the bounded site information presented here. Test suitability and commercial arrangements require direct confirmation.

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  1. UKAS 7772 SMaRT, issue 012

    United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) · Reviewed

    Issue 012 dated 22 September 2026 is restricted to the Bay Campus address and metals/alloys methods. Tensile, creep, force-controlled/strain-controlled fatigue and crack-growth temperatures/forces remain separate; creep excludes constant stress.