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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.

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Tensile pull-off test on an electrical circuit board component with one precision hook fixture made to engage with different PCB elements

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Standards

Featured or equivalent test standards for Mecmesin solutions in this section

ASTM C297

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ASTM D6862-11

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BS EN 12090

Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of shear behaviour

BS EN 12430

Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of behaviour under point load

BS EN 1607

Thermal insulating products for building applications - Determination of tensile strength perpendicular to faces

BS EN 1608

Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of tensile strength parallel to faces

EN 12089

Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of bending behaviour

EN 826

Thermal insulating products for building applications - determination of compression behaviour

IEC 62137-1-1

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