ASTM D5467-97

Designation: D 5467 – 97
Standard Test Method for
Compressive Properties of Unidirectional Polymer Matrix
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Composite Materials Using a Sandwich Beam
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5467; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D 2734 Test Method for Void Content of Reinforced Plas-
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tics
1.1 This test method covers the in-plane compressive prop-
D 3171 Test Method for Fiber Content of Resin-Matrix
erties of polymer matrix composite materials reinforced by
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Composites by Matrix Digestion
high-modulus fibers in a sandwich beam configuration. The
D 3410/D 3410M Test Method for Compressive Properties
composite material forms are limited to continuous-fiber com-
of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials with Unsupported
posites of unidirectional orientation. This test procedure intro-
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Gage Section by Shear Loading
duces compressive load into a thin skin bonded to a thick
D 3878 Terminology of High-Modulus Reinforcing Fibers
honeycomb core with the compressive load transmitted into the
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and Their Composites
sample by subjecting the beam to four-point bending.
D 5229/D 5229M Test Method for Moisture Absorption
1.2 This procedure is applicable primarily to laminates
Properties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Ma-
made from prepreg or similar product forms. Other product
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trix Composite Materials
forms may require deviations from the test method.
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E 4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
E 6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Test-
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text the
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ing
inch-pounds units are shown in parentheses. The values stated
E 111 Test Method for Young’s Modulus, Tangent Modulus,
in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each
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and Chord Modulus
system must be used independently of the other. Combining
E 122 Practice for Choice of Sample Size to Estimate a
values from the two systems may result in nonconformance
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Measure of Quality for a Lot or Process
with the standard.
E 177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
NOTE 1—Additional procedures for determining compressive proper- 5
ASTM Test Methods
ties of polymer matrix composites may be found in Test Methods
E 251 Test Methods for Performance Characteristics of
D 3410/D 3410M and D 695.
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Metallic Bonded Resistance Strain Gages
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1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
E 456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
E 1237 Guide for Installing Bonded Resistance Strain
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responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
Gages
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
E 1309 Guide for Identification of Composite Materials in
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bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Computerized Material Property Databases
E 1434 Guide for Development of Standard Data Records
2. Referenced Documents
for Computerization of Mechanical Test Data for High-
2.1 ASTM Standards: 7
Modulus Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials
D 695 Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid
E 1471 Guide for Identification of Fibers, Fillers, and Core
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Plastics 7
Materials in Computerized Material Property Databases
D 792 Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Rela-
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tive Density) of Plastics by Displacement 3. Terminology
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D 883 Terminology Relating to Plastics
3.1 Definitions—Terminology D 3878 defines terms relating
D 2584 Test Method for Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced
to high-modulus fibers and their composites. Terminology
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Resins
D 883 defines terms relating to plastics. Terminology E 6
defines terms relating to mechanical testing. Terminology
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-30 on E 456 and Practice E 177 define terms relating to statistics. In
Composite Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D30.04 on
Lamina and Laminate Test Methods.
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Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1997. Published June 1998. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.03.
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published as D 5467 – 93. Last previous edition D 5467 – 93. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.01.
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D 5467
the event of a conflict between terms, Terminology D 3878 3.3 Symbols:
shall have precedence over the other terminology standards. 3.3.1 a—distance between neutral axes of test and opposite
3.2 Definition
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