TEST METHOD FOR SHEAR STRENGTH OF CONTINUOUS FIBER-REINFORCED ADVANCED CERAMICS AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES
This Malaysian Standard covers the determination of shear strength of continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites (CFCCs) at ambient temperature. The test methods addressed are:
1) the compression of a double-notched specimen to determine interlaminar shear strength, and
2) the Iosipescu test method to determine the shear strength in any one of the material planes of laminated composites.
Specimen fabrication methods, testing modes (load or displacement control), testing rates (load rate or displacement rate), data collection, and reporting procedures are addressed.
This test method is used for testing advanced ceramic or glass matrix composites with continuous fiber reinforcement having uni-directional (1-D) or bi-directional (2-D) fiber architecture. This test method does not address composites with (3-D) fiber architecture or discontinuous fiber-reinforced, whisker-reinforced, or particulate-reinforced ceramics.
