I am trying to study fatigue properties of polymer tubes due to cyclic internal pressure. Any help regarding a system that could enable me to produce this type of pressure would be really appreciated.
One of the ways would be to connected the tube with a peristaltic pump in a circulatory system with pipe. You can apply a pressure sensor to record the pressure vacation and a pressure valve ( can be modified as per requirement) to vary the pressure. I do something similar but the pressure variation is between 100-200 mm Hg with step of around 30-60 mm hg
I think that it is possible to simulate the internal pressure by the compression of well-known material inside the pipe/tubular specimen. Please, look it in the technical report: Compressed Elastomer Method for Internal Pressure Testing
by Robert Carter - http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA457212.
Thank you everyone for your thoughtful suggestions. I will go through your methods this week. I appreciate your help. I will update you if I find anything interesting.