Development of a portable shear test fixture for low modulus porous (foam) materials

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Roy, Ajit K ^a   Camping, John D ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphitic foam; Open cell foam; Porous materials; Shear test; Structural foam

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; ELASTIC MODULI; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POROSITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN GAGES;

TESTING DEVICES;

FOAMS;

FOAM; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 0037354433     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02410482     Document Type: Article

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