Cutting Procedure for Warp-direction Specimens, Cut Perpendicular to Roll Axis
3:00
Tensile Testing of Unidirectional Laminate Specimens
4:36
Beginning an Aging Experiment
5:23
Extracting Aged Material Strips for Analysis
6:33
Results: Load versus Extension Plots and Failure Stress Distributions
7:27
Conclusion
Transcripción
This protocol can help answer key questions in the field of body armor development by defining a repeatable procedure to test the mechanical properties of flexible unidirectional composite fabrics. A straight, clean cut well oriented with the fibe
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The goal of the study was to develop protocols to prepare consistent specimens for accurate mechanical testing of high-strength aramid or ultra-high-molar-mass polyethylene-based flexible unidirectional composite laminate materials and to describe protocols for performing artificial ageing on these materials.