MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION

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MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION

ACCREDITED TEST

MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION

INSPECTION LAB

THERMOMECHANICAL LAB

TESTING CAPABILITIES

The mechanical testing lab is equipped to perform a wide variety of tests of coupons and small components, under static or fatigue loads, in different environmental conditions.

LOAD RANGE

50N to 300 kN

TEST TEMPERATURE

-55ºC to 240ºc

TEST HUMIDITY

10% to 95%

TEST FREQUENCY

up to 20 Hz

MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION TESTS

COMPOSITE MATERIALS

TENSILE

Tensile strength
Young’s modulus
Poisson’s ratio

ASTM D3039M | EN 2561 ASTM D638 | ISO 527-1 (Plastics)

COMPRESSION

Compression strength
Young’s modulus
Poisson’s ratio

ASTM D3518M | AITM 1-0002 | EN 6031

IN-PLANE SHEAR ±45º

Shear strength
Shear modulus

ASTM D3039M | EN 2561 ASTM D638 | ISO 527-1 (Plastics)

INTERLAMINAR SHEAR (ILSS)

Shear strength

EN 2563 | ASTM D2344M | ISO 14130

TENSILE

Tensile strength
Young’s modulus
Poisson’s ratio

ASTM D3039M | EN 2561 ASTM D638 | ISO 527-1 (Plastics)

COMPRESSION

Compression strength
Young’s modulus
Poisson’s ratio

ASTM D3518M | AITM 1-0002 | EN 6031

IN-PLANE SHEAR ±45º

Shear strength
Shear modulus

ASTM D3039M | EN 2561 ASTM D638 | ISO 527-1 (Plastics)

INTERLAMINAR SHEAR (ILSS)

Shear strength

EN 2563 | ASTM D2344M | ISO 14130

V-NOTCHED SHEAR – IOSIPESCU

Shear strength
Shear modulus

ASTM D5379M

BENDING

Flexural strength
Flexural modulus

EN 2562 | ISO 14125 | ASTM C393 | ASTM D790 (Plastics)

LOW VELOCITY IMPACT

Absorbed energy
Delaminated area
Indentation depth

ASTM D7136M

COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT

CAI strength

ASTM D7137M | AITM 1-0010 | EN 6038

QUASI-STATIC INDENTATION

Absorbed energy

ASTM D6264M

OPEN HOLE TENSILE

Strength
Notch factor

AITM 1-0007 | EN 6035 | ASTM D5676M

OPEN HOLE COMPRESSION

Strength
Notch factor

AITM1-0008 | EN6036

FLATWISE TENSILE

Strength

AITM 1-0025

DELAMINATION: DCB – GIC

Interlaminar fracture toughness (mode I)

AITM 1-0005 | EN 6033 | ISO15024 | ASTM D5528

DELAMINATION: ENF – GIIC

Interlaminar fracture toughness (mode II)

AITM 1-0006 | EN 6034 | ASTM D7905

DELAMINATION: C-ELS – GIIC

Interlaminar fracture toughness (mode II)

ISO 15114

DELAMINATION: MMB – GC

Interlaminar fracture toughness (mixed mode)

ASTM D6671M

COMPACT TENSION (CT) AND COMPRESSION (CC)

Intralaminar fracture toughness
Intralaminar cohesive law

Internal procedure

DOUBLE EDGE NOTCH TENSILE AND COMPRESSION

Intralaminar fracture toughness
Notched strength

Internal procedure

FATIGUE TESTS

BONDED JOINTS

LAB EQUIPMENT

UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES, hydraulic (3x) and electromechanical (4x).
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY TESTING CHAMBERS, for testing controlled temperature and humidity conditions
DROP WEIGHT TESTING TOWER, for low velocity impact test.
CONDITIONING CHAMBERS AND FURNACES, controlled temperature and humidity.
DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC), contactless strain and displacement measurement.

Vertical strains during cracking on a CFRP open hole laminate, measured by means of DIC.

MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT:
- long-distance travelling microscope for crack length monitoring
- strain gauge monitoring
- axial, biaxial, shear and COD extensometers
- etc.

CATALOGUE
2019