6. Tests on industrial parts
This is all the more important as calculation methods have not yet achieved a sufficient degree of reliability, especially when it comes to predicting long-term behavior. The choice of tests will depend on the application and the size of the series: after checking the quality of the constituent materials, a prototype can be tested under dynamic and/or static fatigue conditions for a time and in an environment representative of the structure's intended duration and conditions of use, and then until failure, in order to assess the overall safety coefficient, followed by periodic checks and tests on series components. Extensometric measurements are often carried out, to determine the average rate of deformation and compare it with the critical deformation rate of the material used.
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Bibliography
References
Test equipment suppliers
Non-exhaustive list
Ceast Spa http://www.ceast.com
Deltalab http://www.deltalab.fr
Erichsen http://www.erichsen.de
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Testing laboratories
CETIM Centre technique des industries mécaniques.
ENSAM École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers de Paris.
École nationale supérieure des techniques industrielles et des mines de Douai
LNE Laboratoire national d'essais.
Pôle de plasturgie de l'Est.
Professional organizations
AMAC Association pour les matériaux composites.
CPC Centre de promotion des composites.
Fédération de la plasturgie.
GPIC Groupement de la plasturgie industrielle et des composites.
GPRMC Groupement européen des plastiques renforcés et matériaux composites.
SFIP Société française des ingénieurs...
Standardization
- Glass-fibre reinforced plastics – Normal atmospheres for conditioning and testing. Classification number : T57-050 - NF T57-050 - Juin 1977
- Glass-fibre reinforced plastics – Definitions of visual defects. Classification number: T57-100 - NF T57-100 - Octobre 1973
- Textile glass-reinforced plastics – Prepregs, molding compounds and laminates – Determination of textile glass and mineral filler content. Calcination...
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