The picture frame shear test method achieved some popularity in the early days of composite materials development when few other shear test methods existed. But as the two- and three-rail shear test ...

(1) The three biopolymers—xanthan gum, guar gum, and carrageenan—can all effectively improve the shear strength characteristics of Guilin red clay. The core mechanism is to form a cementation network ...

There are a variety of test methods that characterize the properties of adhesive bonds between two similar or dissimilar material layers. The differences between the methods relate to the stress ...