Over the past decade and a half the popularity of laminate flooring has substantially increased due to its durability, easy maintenance, and seemingly endless design styles. However, it may be ...

This video shows the compression after impact (CIA) rebound test performed on a composite laminate specimen using Instron impact testing system. Rebound test is an impact test where the dropped impact ...

Engineering estimates that are generated by METYCALC are based on engineering principles and empirical data and can be useful for approximate sizing of composite laminates and for comparing various ...

Having relied on its testing lab in Belgium for customers based in Asia for polyvinyl butyral (PVB) material testing and qualification until now, Solutia has opened a new testing lab in Suzhou, China, ...

You developed the Double-Double concept more than a decade ago. Can you remind us how Double-Double is defined? Stephen Tsai: The traditional ply schedule, called the Quad, features a layup of 0°/45°/ ...

Fig. 1. Building block approach for composite structures. Photo Credit: Dan Adams Within the context of composites testing, a building block approach is a step-by-step series of mechanical tests of ...

There is an important, ongoing debate in aerospace composites. Critics of the “building block approach” (BBA) used to generate design allowables claim that the required testing of thousands of ...