MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION
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