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[Václav Šmilauer <eudoxos@xxxxxxxx>]

> I do not think, it will be seriously different from the uniaxial
> strainer, which you use now.
> 
> The most important feature of PressTestEngine, it defines whether the
> specimen destructed, then rises up the acting part of press and stops
> the simulation.
> I need it for "automatic" tests, when I do not know an exact number of
> steps.
Watch out what boundary condition you need boundary conditions, though
(friction with facets etc). For non-predetermined number of steps with
UniaxialStrainer, see examples/concrete/uniax.py function
stopIfDamaged().

v