White, Ardis H.2022-10-142022-10-1419773826621https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12300Several years prior to the initiation of the present work, a test frame was developed to provide a static tensile force of 500,000 pounds in the testing of undersea pipe couplings. Within recent years, work was done to increase the test capacity of this frame to 1,000,000 pounds. This thesis presents structural details of the modified frame, a computer analysis of the frame, details and results of a 420,000 pound fracture test and a static test to 980,000 pounds. Electric resistance strain gages were used extensively to obtain strain data during the test work, and a comparison between the computer and experimental results is presented.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital