ASTM D5379 Testing Fixture This fixtures has been designed for in-plane or interlaminar shear testing of composite materials. The V-Notched Beam Method, better known as Iosipescu Shear Method, was standardized into ASTM D5379 in 1993. For this test method V-notches specimen design is used in order to create a localized ...
ASTM C 273A - Testing Fixture A sandwich panel or the core material itself can be tested in shear parallel to the flatwise plane. The fixture can be used to apply either a tensile or a compressive loading, although a tensile loading is most commonly utilized in order to eliminate ...