The compression tests place high demands on specimen preparation, the lab staff who perform the tests, and on the testing technology itself. When a load is introduced to the laminate, shear stress ...

Notched testing refers to the uniaxial testing of a composite laminate with a small circular hole, under either tension or compression loading. These are commonly referred to as open-hole tests or, ...

[Whitepaper] Introducing Compression-Based Load Monitoring To Wind Turbines “This cycle continues and worsens until it is addressed during maintenance by retorquing the bolts to reapply enough ...

Forty 10-ton wireless compression load cells from Straightpoint were used to monitor forces on temporary shoring columns used to support two tower cranes during the Century City Mall project on ...

Low-Profile Compression Load CellsMachine Design takes a look at the impact of emerging technology on manufacturing design and operations, spotlighting the cutting-edge innovations that will ...

The Combined Loading Compression (CLC) test method was standardized by ASTM in 2001, as ASTM D6641 1. During the past 10 years it has become the most-used compression test method for composite ...