During the 1970s, fracture toughness testing of composite materials developed a very poor reputation, primarily due to failed attempts to directly adopt metals theory and corresponding test methods.

Although well-accepted fracture toughness test methods are available for composite materials, the same cannot be said for sandwich composites. In fact, considerably less attention has been given to ...

Professor K R W Wallin is a recognised expert in the field of fracture mechanics. Indeed his work has provided a major input to the currently accepted ASTM Standard on the Master Curve Method , E1921.

A key property in the majority of engineering applications is a material’s fracture toughness. In order to measure the fracture toughness of low volume materials fracture tests should be carried out a ...

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EPRI’s testing technique for evaluating fracture toughness behavior through small punch testing has been exercised to determine if a 60-plus year old low pressure steam turbine rotor has been ...

Professors Michael Wisnom of Bristol Composites Institute, Yentl Swolfs of KU Leuven and Federico Paris of the University of Seville hosted an online workshop on Composites Fracture on 13th May. “Mode ...