On the biaxial testing and strength of coated fabrics

Concrete Prestressed with Textile Fabric

“…Each piston has a capac- (Reinhardt, 1976). The concrete is placed on top of the fabric which is situated in the center plane of the plate and slightly vibrated in order to rinse through the meshes and to compact completely.…”

Mechanical properties of Precontraint 1202S coated fabric under biaxial tensile test with different load ratios

“…The early failure of the sample under biaxial tests was strictly related with the cruciform shape of the sample (see e.g. [7,31]). The proper determination of the UTS value under biaxial tensile tests was not investigated in this paper.…”

“…This theory is focused primarily on the cross-section shape of threads. Reinhardt [7] presented biaxial and uniaxial tensile tests results for polyester fabrics coated with PVC and concluded that the results of tensile strength in both cases were equal. Ansell et al [8] investigated structure and performance of several commercial PTFE-coated fabric systems using scanning electron microscopy, mechanical testing, and weathering in artificial and natural environments.…”

The Design of Cruciform Test Specimens for Planar Biaxial Testing of Fabrics for Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators

“…Klein (1959) reports that to ensure that a small central region in the specimen is under a uniform biaxial strain state, the opposing sets of grips must be sufficiently spaced apart as to minimize the boundary effects due to the clamping on the ends. Figure 1 shows several examples of cruciform test specimen geometries found in the literature including the segmented tail design (Figure 1d) considered by Kawabata et al (1973), Reinhardt (1976), Ghosh (1999), and others. The segmented tail design, not under consideration in this study, requires a complex gripping scheme at the ends, and allows the specimen's clamped ends to move in the direction perpendicular to the loading direction, thus minimizing boundary effects (Ghosh, 1999).…”