A newly developed fixture and testing method for strain rate-dependent flexural properties determination of carbon/epoxy composites
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Abstract
This study deals with a newly developed fixture to obtain strain rate-dependent properties of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) under flexural loading. While the quasi-static method is mostly state of the art and covered in standards, the dynamic testing of CFRP is very demanding in terms of testing procedure, test rig and occurring failure mechanisms .