ISSN: 0884-6804
CODEN: JCTRER
Page Count: 4

Results of the ASTM Round-Robin on the Rail Shear Test for Composites
Lockwood, PA
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Technical Center, OH

Abstract

ASTM Committee D-30 on High Modulus Fibers and Their Composites proposed a new standard to measure in-plane shear properties of high modulus fiber composites. The new method would use a two-rail or three-rail shear test system, both of which are being used in industry at this time. During the Subcommittee D-30.04 review, several suggested modifications were offered which indicated a lack of uniformity between the methods in current use. Another problem was that one laboratory had tested material with both methods and obtained different values with the two-rail versus the three-rail shear test systems. It was decided to run a round-robin using both test systems.

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Paper ID: CTR10728J
DOI: 10.1520/CTR10728J
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