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A. Finelli et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 13 (2010) 24-30; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.13.03 30 compression or by specimens coming from the same sampling direction, beyond an anisotropy indicated by the difference between the values obtained from the longitudinal and transversal specimens. Material Tensile [  %] Compression [  %] L T L T R A1L 100 80 75 125 115 4L 150 130 120 180 160 Table 7 : Investigated steels yield strength vs specimen orientation and loading direction (deviation from annealed steels) C ONCLUSIONS onsidering the experimental results and the microstructure analysis, the following conclusions could be summarized: ‐ Cold rolling process implies an increase in the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength values, higher for the yield strength, over 150% on the super-austenitic stainless steel, on the materials under test, whilst elongation values decrease significantly, over the 60%, ‐ The anisotropy caused on the materials by the rolling process, as seen on the microstructures, is such as to determine differences by about 20% on the increase of the tensile yield strength, higher in the rolling direction. On the contrary this change cannot be detected either on the ultimate strength or on the elongation. ‐ The test procedure set up enabled the determination of the tensile transverse strength by the short specimen “B” and to compare the yield strength in all three directions by the compression specimen “C”, ‐ The compression tests in the three directions, pointed out a considerable non-homogeneity of the cold-rolled materials, since the values of the yield strength, measured under tensile and compression stresses, in the two directions were found not symmetrical. R EFERENCES [1] Standard methods of tension testing of metallic materials ASTM E 8. [2] Standard methods of compression testing of metallic materials at room temperature ASTM E 9. C