Testing Methods for Composites Yiping Qiu
Properties of Composites Mechanical properties Tensile Compression Bending Shear Impact
Properties of Composites Physical Properties Thermal Electric Environmental Dimensional Stability
Mechanical Testing Tensile test Purpose of tensile test To determine the strength, moduli and Poison’s ratio of a composite For a unidirectional composite, Ex, Ey, Es and nxy To determine the energy absorption of a composite It can also be used to assess fatigue properties by cyclic loading of a specimen
Tensile testing Single fiber tensile test Fiber tow or yarn test Composite tensile test
Single fiber tensile test Purpose Sample preparation Testing condition Sample size or number of specimens Analysis of results
Yarn tensile test Purpose Sample preparation Testing conditions Yarn as is Resin impregnated Testing conditions Sample size Analysis of results
Composite Test Sample size Specimen shape Protection of specimen ends Testing devices: Machine Load cell Strain gauge Testing condition
Shear test Interlaminar shear: interlaminar bonding strength In-plane shear: shear stiffness and strength
Interlaminar shear test Testing method Testing device
Bending test Three point bending Four point bending