Designation:D5379/D5379M−12StandardTestMethodforShearPropertiesofCompositeMaterialsbytheV-NotchedBeamMethod1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5379/D5379M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoverstheshearpropertiesofcompos-itematerialsreinforcedbyhigh-modulusfibers.Thecompositematerialsarelimitedtocontinuous-fiberordiscontinuous-fiber-reinforcedcompositesinthefollowingmaterialforms:1.1.1Laminatescomposedonlyofunidirectionalfibrouslaminae,withthefiberdirectionorientedeitherparallelorperpendiculartotheloadingaxis.1.1.2Laminatescomposedonlyofwovenfabricfilamentarylaminaewiththewarpdirectionorientedeitherparallelorperpendiculartotheloadingaxis.1.1.3Laminatescomposedonlyofunidirectionalfibrouslaminae,containingequalnumbersofpliesorientedat0and90°inabalancedandsymmetricstackingsequence,withthe0°directionorientedeitherparallelorperpendiculartotheloadingaxis.1.1.4Short-fiber-reinforcedcompositeswithamajorityofthefibersbeingrandomlydistributed.NOTE1—Thissheartestconceptwasoriginallydevelopedwithoutreferencetofiberdirectionforuseonisotropicmaterialssuchasmetalsorceramics.1.2ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D792TestMethodsforDensityandSpecificGravity(Rela-tiveDensity)ofPlasticsbyDisplacementD883TerminologyRelatingtoP...
