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Evaluation of Bending Test Methods for Composite Materials
Marom, G
Ph.D. student and associate professor, The Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Applied Science and Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Rosensaft, M
Ph.D. student and associate professor, The Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Applied Science and Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Abstract

The present study is an evaluation of the applicability of bending test methods to composite materials. The evaluation is based on examining the effect of the material, using three different reinforcing fibers, and on comparing between two loading configurations, namely, three-point versus four-point loading. It is shown that the results depend on the combination of fracture mechanism comprising each failure mode, and that reliable values of either the shear or the tensile/compressive stresses can be obtained only if the contributions of those mechanisms are accounted for.

Keywords:
tensile/compressive stress, shear stress, three-point bending, four-point bending, carbon fiber-reinforced composites, Kevlar fiber-reinforced composites, glass fiber-reinforced composites

Paper ID: CTR10287J
DOI: 10.1520/CTR10287J
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