Pure Shear of Fabrics
M-240

Description

This test is performed on fabric materials or woven fiber materials.  The test consists of placing a square of the material in a picture frame apparatus; the ends of the frame are pulled to develop pure shear in the weave.  Load, deflection and frame angle are recorded.

Standards

  • Unknown ShrProp

Data

Shear Stress v. Shear Strain Curves. This data appears in Matereality as Shear Properties.

Replicates

Number of times this test is repeated: 5

Samples

6 fabric

Application

This test is useful for determining the pure shear that develops between fibers in a woven material.

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