Designation:D5379/D5379M−19´1StandardTestMethodforShearPropertiesofCompositeMaterialsbytheV-NotchedBeamMethod1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5379/D5379M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—EditorialcorrectionsweremadetotheadjunctinformationinMarch2021.1.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.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemarenotnecessarilyexactequivalents;therefore,toensureconformancewiththestandard,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother,andvaluesfromthetwosystemsshallnotbecombined.1.2.1Withinthetext,theinch-poundunitsareshowninbrackets.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitations...
