Designation:C1358−13StandardTestMethodforMonotonicCompressiveStrengthTestingofContinuousFiber-ReinforcedAdvancedCeramicswithSolidRectangularCross-SectionTestSpecimensatAmbientTemperatures1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1358;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofcompres-sivestrengthincludingstress-strainbehaviorundermonotonicuniaxialloadingofcontinuousfiber-reinforcedadvancedce-ramicsatambienttemperatures.Thistestmethodaddresses,butisnotrestrictedto,varioussuggestedtestspecimengeometriesaslistedintheappendix.Inaddition,testspecimenfabricationmethods,testingmodes(force,displacement,orstraincontrol),testingrates(forcerate,stressrate,displace-mentrate,orstrainrate),allowablebending,anddatacollec-tionandreportingproceduresareaddressed.Compressivestrengthasusedinthistestmethodreferstothecompressivestrengthobtainedundermonotonicuniaxialloadingwheremonotonicreferstoacontinuousnonstoptestratewithnoreversalsfromtestinitiationtofinalfracture.1.2Thistestmethodappliesprimarilytoadvancedceramicmatrixcompositeswithcontinuousfiberreinforcement:uni-directional(1–D),bi-directional(2–D),andtri-directional(3–D)orothermulti-directionalreinforcements.Inaddition,thistestmethodmayalsobeusedwithglass(amorphous)matrixcompositeswith1–D,2–D,3–D,andothermulti-directionalcontinuousfiberreinforcements.Thistestmethoddoesnotdirectlyaddressdiscontinuousfiber-reinforced,whisker-reinforced,orparticulate-reinforcedceramics,al-thoughthetestmethodsdetailedheremaybeequallyappli-cabletothesecomposites.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandardandareinaccordancewithSI10-02IEEE/ASTMSI10.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthis...
