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Interlaminar shear strength test
Shear strength and stiffness test of laminates at room or other temperature
Interlaminar shear strength test
We offer:
- Experiment design
- Sampling and conditioning of composite materials
- Interlaminar shear strength and stiffness at room temperature
- Interlaminar shear strength and stiffness at cold temperature (down to -150°C)
- Interlaminar shear strength and stiffness at elevated temperature (up to 280°C)
- Statement of conformity to specification
Equipment (selection):
- Instron electromechanical testing machine (max. static load up to 100 kN, crosshead displacement up to 1000 mm, load cells with ranges ±1 kN, ±10 kN, ±100 kN)
- Hydropuls Schenck servo-hydraulic machine (max. static load up to 250 kN, crosshead travel up to 100 mm)
- test conditioning chambers (test environment in the range -150°C ÷ 280°C)
- Climacell conditioning chamber (long-term environment of elevated temperature and humidity, typically 70°C at 85% r.h.)
- Kimo Instruments thermocouple loggers (specimen temperature measurement in the range -180°C ÷ 480°C)
- Mechanical axial and dual extensometers (measurement of specimen strain in the longitudinal and transverse axes)
- X-Sight optical extensometer (strain measurement and digital image correlation (DIC))
- mechanical and hydraulic jaws
- test fixtures according to the relevant standards
Standards within the accreditation of ISO/IEC 17025::
EN 2563 | Aerospace series - Carbone fibre reinforced plastics - Unidirectional laminates - Determination of the apparent interlaminar shear strength |
ISO 14130 | Determination of apparent interlaminar shear strength by short-beam method |
ASTM D2344 | Standard Test Method for Short-Beam Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials and Their Laminates |
ASTM D3518 | Standard Test Method for In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials by Tensile Test of a ±45° Laminate |