Abstract: This paper evaluates the ruggedness testing of the newly released ASTM International E3097 Standard Test Method for Mechanical Uniaxial Constant Force Thermal Cycling of Shape Memory Alloys. The ruggedness experiment was designed with eight runs in two replicates, consisting of seven factors of strain rate (e), heating and cooling rates (T(sub heat) and T(sub cool), respectively), upper and lower cycle temperatures (UCT and LCT, respectively), hold time (t(sub hold)), and minimum load (F(sub …