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Manual on Experimental Methods for Mechanical Testing of Composites

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Richard L. Pendleton

    1. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA

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  2. Mark E. Tuttle

    1. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Richard L. Pendleton
    Pages 1-4

  3. Anisotropie-Material Behavior

    • Charles W. Bert
    Pages 5-10

  4. Classical Lamination Theory

    • Charles W. Bert
    Pages 11-16

  5. Fundamental Strain-Gage Technology

    • M. E. Tuttle
    Pages 17-26

  6. Strain Gages on Composites—Gage-Selection Criteria

    • R. Slaminko
    Pages 27-29

  7. Strain Gages on Composites Temperature Compensation

    • R. Slaminko
    Pages 31-34

  8. Strain-Gage Reinforcement Effects on Low-Modulus Materials

    • C. C. Perry
    Pages 35-38

  9. Strain-Gage Reinforcement Effects on Orthotropic Materials

    • C. C. Perry
    Pages 39-44

  10. Normal-Stress and Shear-Stress Gages and Rosettes

    • Charles W. Bert
    Pages 45-52

  11. Liquid-Metal Strain Gages

    • Charles W. Bert
    Pages 53-55

  12. Geometrie Moire

    • V. J. Parks
    Pages 57-65

  13. Moire Interferometry for Composites

    • Daniel Post
    Pages 67-80

  14. Shearography: A New Strain-Measurement Technique and a Practical Approach to Nondestructive Testing

    • Y. Y. Hung
    Pages 81-95

  15. Acoustic Methods of Evaluating Elastic Properties or, Will the Real Young’s Modulus Please Stand Up?

    • V. K. Kinra, V. Dayal
    Pages 97-103

  16. Acoustic Emission in Composites

    • R. A. Kline
    Pages 105-113

  17. Detection of Damage in Composite Materials Using Radiography

    • R. Van Daele, I. Verpoest, P. De Meester
    Pages 115-127

  18. Vibrothermography Applied to Polymer Matrix Composites

    • Edmund G. Henneke II
    Pages 129-137

  19. Adiabatic Thermoelastic Measurements

    • C. E. Bakis, K. L. Reifsnider
    Pages 139-146

  20. Damage Evaluation by Laminate Deply

    • Charles E. Harris
    Pages 147-149
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References Liquid-metal strain gages can be fabricated in either single- or delta-rosette configurations. Their main advantages are their low stiffness (essential for 1. Beatty, M.F. and Chewning, S. W., "Numerical Analysis of the Reinforcement Effect of a Strain Gage Applied to a Soft use on composites with soft, elastomeric matrices) Material," Int. J. Eng. Sci., 17, 907-915 (1979). and high elongation (at least 50 percent). Their prin­ 2. Pugin, V.A., "Electrical Strain Gauges for Measuring Large cipal disadvantages are a short shelf life and a Deformations," Soviet Rubber Industry, 19 (1), 23-26 (1960). nonlinear calibration curve. 3. Janssen, M.L. and Walter, J.D., "Rubber Strain Measurements in Bias, Belted Bias and Radial Ply Tires," J. Coated Fibrous Mat., 1, 102-117 (1971). 4. Patel, H.P., Turner, J.L., and Walter, J.D., "Radial Tire Cord-Rubber Composite," Rubber Chem. and Tech., 49, Acknowledgments 1095-1110 (1976). 5. Stone, J.E., Madsen, N.H., Milton, J.L., Swinson, W.F., and Turner, J.L., "Developments in the Design and Use of Liquid-Metal Strain Gages," EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, 23, The author acknowledges helpful suggestions by 129-139 (1983). Dr. Joseph D. Walter of Firestone Central Research 6. Whitney, R.J., "The Measurement of Volume Changes in Human Limbs, " J. Physiology, 121, 1-27 (1953).

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  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA

    Richard L. Pendleton

  • University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Mark E. Tuttle

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