The latest of the ASTM standards for determining the shear strength and shear stiffness of materials — composite materials in particular — has just been released. The V-Notched Rail shear test was ...
President, Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc. In my October 2015 column, I wrote an overview of the widely used V-notched shear test methods for composite materials: • The V-notched beam “Iosipescu” shear ...
This video shows Admet’s adhesive lap joint shear strength test similar to ASTM D1002. Shear joints provide uniform stresses across the bond area thus optimizing the strength of joints. The shear ...