Comparison of the modified three-rail shear test and the [(+45°,-45°)]ns tensile test for pure shear fatigue loading of carbon fabric thermoplastics

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 414-427

  De Baere, Ives ^a   Van Paepegem, W ^a   Degrieck, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(+45 , 45 ) 4s tensile tests; Composites; Thermoplastic; Three railshear

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TESTING; TESTING;

CARBON FABRICS; FATIGUE LOADINGS; PURE SHEAR; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SHEAR TESTING;

RAILS;

EID: 48249091289     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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