Composite material testing supporting composite development, product performance and failure investigations.

We support customers across the global aerospace, automotive, building, chemical, consumer, energy, manufacturing, medical, and materials industries with our world-leading facilities, experts, and solutions. Composite materials tested include thermoset and thermoplastic composites, laminates, fiber reinforced composites, core materials, resins, films and adhesives.

Examples of composites test methods:

TENSILE:  

COMPRESSION:  

FLEXURAL:  

SHEAR:

LAP SHEAR:

  • Lap Shear Metals ASTM D1002
  • Lap Shear Adhesively Bonded Plastics ASTM D3163
  • Lap Shear Sandwich Joints ASTM D3164
  • Lap Shear Adhesive Joints ASTM D3528
  • Lap Shear Thick Adherend Metal ASTM D5656
  • Lap Shear Adhesion for Fiber Reinforced Plastics ASTM D5868

IMPACT:

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FRACTURE TOUGHNESS:

  • Fracture Toughness Mode I ASTM D5528

PEEL:

  • Bond Strength / Ply Adhesion ASTM F904
  • Climbing Drum Peel of Adhesives ASTM D1781
  • Peel Adhesion ASTM D3330
  • Peel Adhesion to Rigid Substrates ASTM D429
  • T-Peel of Adhesives ASTM D1876
  • Floating Roller Peel of Adhesives ASTM D3167

ANALYTICAL: 

THERMAL: 

MOISTURE: 

CURE: 

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