Compressive shear

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Compressive shear testing is simply the pushing apart of a material specimen by applying compressive force from opposite sides in a parallel plane. In this way, the material is stressed in a sliding motion.

Typically it is used to test adhesive bonds and layered composites where it is the compressive equivalent of a 'tensile lap shear test'.

It is also used as a test method to determine the internal strength of a material that is designed to bear shear forces.

A compressive shear test may be single-shear, where one part is pushed down across another. Alternatively, it can be double-shear, where a bonded section is pushed out from between the sections on either side.

Standards

Featured or equivalent test standards for Mecmesin solutions in this section

Test types

Further or specific test types in this section

lap shear under compression

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