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The bias-extension test for the analysis of in-plane shear properties of textile composite reinforcements and prepregs: a review

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The bias-extension test is a rather simple experiment aiming to determine in-plane shear properties of textile composite reinforcements. However the mechanics during the test involves fibrous material at large shear strains and large rotations of the fibres. Several aspects are still being studied and are not yet modeled in a consensual manner. The standard analysis of the test is based on two assumptions: inextensibility of the fibers and rotations at the yarn crossovers without slippage. They lead to the development of zones with constant fibre orientations proper to the bias-extension test. Beyond the analysis of the test within these basic assumptions, the paper presents studies that have been carried out on the lack of verification of these hypothesis (slippage, tension in the yarns, effects of fibre bending). The effects of temperature, mesoscopic modeling and tension locking are also considered in the case of the bias-extension test.

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    P. Boisse, N. Hamila & E. Guzman-Maldonado

  2. Université de Lyon, LGCIE, INSA-Lyon, F-69621, Villeurbanne, France

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  3. Université d’Orléans, PRISME, F-45072, Orléans, France

    G. Hivet

  4. Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, DISG, Rome, Italy

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Boisse, P., Hamila, N., Guzman-Maldonado, E. et al. The bias-extension test for the analysis of in-plane shear properties of textile composite reinforcements and prepregs: a review. Int J Mater Form 10, 473–492 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-016-1294-7

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