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Interlaminar Shear Strain Measurements in Cord-Rubber Composites
Rubber Chemistry and Technology
  • A. Y. C. Lou
  • Joseph D. Walter, The University Of Akron
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1979
Abstract

The present work is an experimental study using an X-ray technique to measure directly the internal distribution of interlaminar shear deformations which occur during uniaxial extension of two-ply, cord-rubber, angle-ply laminates—both balanced and unbalanced. Significant interlaminar shear strains were developed between the two generally orthotropic layers of one-inch-wide specimens, which decreased almost linearly from a maximum at the edges to zero at the center line. These measurements and those as a function of cord angle were in good agreement with predictions obtained from various theories of laminated shear-flexible composites.

Citation Information
A. Y. C. Lou and Joseph D. Walter. "Interlaminar Shear Strain Measurements in Cord-Rubber Composites" Rubber Chemistry and Technology Vol. 52 Iss. 4 (1979) p. 792 - 804
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph_walter/10/