... the production of high-quality composite materials with excellent properties, lightness, and lower cost. The engineering applications of such composites require high tensile strength, low density, and high wear resistance. In this article, various mechanical tests and fracture surface analyses have been carried...

... with different dip angles, namely 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 90°. The load-deformation curves, failure modes, and tensile strengths are discussed and compared with the conventional Brazilian disc (BD) test results. The experimental results show that the FBD tests generally have two stages of failure modes...

... in various applications. fusion welding strain rate welding parameters weld performance HDPE tensile strength References Daigle   L. , Zhao   J. Q. , and Beaulieu   D. , “ Innovative Approach to Testing the Quality of Fusion Joints, ” Macromolecular Engineering   32 , nos.  8–9...

... in HDPE is presented. The structural performance is measured by comparing the tensile strength of the unwelded and welded structure. Furthermore, the structural performance of extruded HDPE pipes and injection-molded HDPE fittings, such as elbows, tee-joints, and close end cap connections, are also...

... has the highest mechanical properties. Keywords powder metallurgy, Mg-Sn-Zn, microstructure, hardness, tensile strength Introduction The use of magnesium alloys has recently been increasing in automotive, electronics, and aerospace industries because of their low density, high specific strength...

...Long Li; Zeshuai Yuan; Shipeng Zhu; Jianli Gao; Yuexiu Pan; Yunhua Yang; Zhihai Feng The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of a process-induced resin bead on the measured tensile strength of polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fibers. It is found that the resin bead was formed on the surface...

... decrease with the increase of temperature. The specimens show brittle failure after peak stress in the range of all the tested temperature, and with the increase of temperature, the tensile strength, compressive strength, and elastic modulus decrease in the range of 200°C and below, then increase from 200...

... ), punch density (150–250 punches/cm 2 ), and blend ratio (30:70–70:30) with respect to the tensile strength of the nonwoven fabrics and to evaluate the effects and interactions of the needle punching process conditions. The optimum process conditions were obtained at a fabric weight of 400 g/m 2 , 250...

... shown greater mechanical properties. Furthermore, the incorporation of silk fibers in the polypropylene matrix has shown an improvement in the mechanical properties of 71.6 %, 76.66 %, 69.73 %, 67.97 %, and 58.45 % for tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, and impact...

... performance testing. A draindown test, a Cantabro test, a permeability test, and an indirect tensile strength test were used to evaluate the performance of OGFC mixtures. The main parameters of this research specify optimum bitumen and desirable air voids, maximum reduction of draindown and abrasion loss...

... parameters and their three different ranges were selected to conduct the experiments. In pure jute composites, the measured properties of tensile strength, flexural strength, and compression strength were very high in the plain-woven composites. This is ascertained through verification of experiments...

... temperatures of 25°C, 100°C, 250°C, 500°C, and 700°C, and the results revealed that the effects of fire on concrete containing steel fibers are more damaging. Also, the compressive strength and modulus of rupture at 25°C and tensile strength at 250°C have the maximum values. Compressive and tensile strengths...

... of the fracture origins, ultimate loads at failure, and the tensile strengths at failure. Therefore, standards require a minimum of 30 specimens in a tested sample and present different requirements with regard to face and edge types of failure, the location of failure within the shear span, etc. This article...

... fiber reinforced polymer tensile strength failure investigations material tests coupon tests wet lay-up materials 29 12 2015 11 07 2016 09 09 2016 Journal of Testing and Evaluation doi:10.1520/JTE20150525 / Vol. 45 / No. 5 / September 2017 / available online at www.astm.org T...

...Q.-B. Wang; L. Xu; J.-X. Zhang; R.-S. Lv; T.-T. Wang; Z.-J. Hu; Y. Bai; Y.-C. Kong; F. Xie; L.-Y. Tang The theory of the steel-plastic geogrid employed in supporting engineering is behind the practice, seriously affecting its popularization and application in engineering. Thus the tensile strength...

...-29 West Conshohocken, PA asphalt pavement air void rutting depth tensile strength ground-penetrating radar 10 10 2014 27 04 2015 04 08 2015 Journal of Testing and Evaluation doi:10.1520/JTE20140392 / Vol. 44 / No. 1 / January 2016 / available online at www.astm.org...

...Kyu-Seok Yeon; Sungun Kim; Hyong-Jong Lee; Kwang W. Kim The tensile strength (S t ) of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) and hot-mix asphalt (HMA) concretes were measured by indirect tensile strength test at 25, 5, −5, −15, −25 and −35°C. Fracture toughness (T u ) was calculated from each of the S t test...

... in the respective alcohols for one hour at 25°C and 50 % relative humidity before undergoing tensile testing. The results of this study are presented along with statistical analysis of the data (thickness, force at break, tensile strength, and elongation). Although the analysis shows there were a few statistically...

... it with polyurethane resin. Urethane-to-wood-chip weight ratios of 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 were used in the laboratory tests. The sidewalk pavement manufactured with wood chips was tested to identify its tensile strength, elasticity, permeability, flammability, and elution. The tensile strength of the pavements containing...

...Likui Huang; Keming Cao; Menglan Zeng The semicircular bending (SCB) test has been shown to possess several advantages over other tests in characterizing asphalt mixtures in previous studies. This research study evaluates the SCB test for determining the tensile strength and stiffness modulus...