While performing notch impact tests, a material specimen is tested under impact loading in the form of an elongated building block - single-sided, notched and typically tempered. The unnotched rear ...

The impact response of composite materials was of only minor interest prior to the introduction of carbon fiber in the mid-1960s. Before that time, the composites in use were primarily reinforced with ...

Zwick robotic testing system 'roboTest R' with pendulum impact tester and integrated notch milling unit for impact tests on plastics according to standards like (ASTM D 256, ISO 179, ISO 3167, ASTM D ...

A shear test method for composite materials, typically termed Double-Notch Shear, has been in existence for many years and is still used, but not without controversy. It is defined by ASTM ...