MECHANICAL TESTING

Compression Testing of Fiber Reinforced Advanced Ceramics - ASTM C 1358

ASTM C1358 covers the determination of compressive strength including stress-strain behavior under monotonic uniaxial loading of continuous fiber-reinforced advanced ceramics at ambient temperatures.

In addition, specimen fabrication methods, testing modes (load, displacement, or strain control), testing rates (load rate, stress rate, displacement rate, or strain rate) allowable bending, and data collection and reporting procedures are addressed in the method. Compressive strength as used in this test method refers to the compressive strength obtained under monotonic uniaxial loading where monotonic refers to a continuous nonstop test rate with no reversals from test initiation to final fracture.

Reference: ASTM C 1358 - Standard Test Method for Monotonic Compressive Strength Testing of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics With Solid Rectangular Cross-Section Specimens at Ambient Temperatures

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