A dynamic testing machine performs repeated loading mechanical testing. A dynamic test machine usually stresses a material within its elastic region with cyclic loads until the specimen fails due to fatigue.

Impact testing is testing an object's ability to resist high-rate loading. An impact test determines the energy absorbed in fracturing a test piece at high velocity. Most of us think of it as one object striking another object at a relatively high speed.

HDT and Vicat tests consist of determining the temperature at which a stressed sample undergoes deflection. In the HDT test, the sample undergoes flexion, while in the Vicat test, the sample is penetrated by a point.

Rheology testing measures the deformation of matter under the influence of imposed stress, by analyzing the internal response of materials to forces. The material is forced to flow, and the rheological characteristics determine the processability.

A peel test measures the properties of an adhesive bond. It applies a tensile force to a flexible substrate that is bound by an adhesive to either another flexible substrate (such as tape, thin film, or rubber) or a rigid substrate (such as metal, rigid plastic, or composite).