Basic principle and practical procedure of the tensile test on ductile metallic materials - Testing machine (Inspekt 200 kN, Hegewald & Peschke Meß- und Prüftechnik GmbH), specimen, extensometer - Material with yield point phenomenon - Elastic and plastic behaviour, uniform elongation, necking, fracture - Yield strength, tensile strength, percentage elongation at fracture - Material without yield point phenomenon - Plastic behaviour, proof strength Responsible for this video: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Schwab, Hochschule Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences), Germany