V-Notched Beam Test -- V-Notched Rail Test -- Mechanical Response -- Data Reduction -- Fractography -- Sensitivity Analysis-Strain Type, Location, and Range -- Visualization of Strains and Displacements -- Strains -- Shear Strains -- Failure Investigation -- Sensitivity Analysis-DIC Parameter Uncertainty Quantification -- Displacements -- Monitoring of Test Fixture Performance -- Out-of-Plane Displacement W -- Effect of Fiber Orientation -- Effect of Specimen Geometry -- Summary and Discussion -- Intralaminar Shear Properties -- Testing of Assorted Materials -- Woven-CFRP-V-Notched Beam Test -- UD-GFRP-V-Notched Rail Test -- Key Conclusions -- DIC -- Structural Mechanics and Testing -- Practice Exercises -- References -- Chapter 4: Flexural Testing -- Background -- Bending Deflection and Bending Strength -- Shear Deflection and Shear Strength -- Short-Beam Test -- Double Beam Shear Test -- Specimen Geometry -- Experimental Setup and DIC Configuration -- Mechanical Response -- Data Reduction -- Fractography -- Sensitivity Analysis: Shear Stress -- Sensitivity Analysis: Span -- Visualization of Strains and Displacements -- Strains -- Shear Strain: Intended Loading Condition -- Shear Strain: Stress-Strain Response -- Failure Investigation -- Accessory Loading Conditions -- Neutral Axis -- Sensitivity Analysis: DIC Parameter Uncertainty Quantification -- Displacements -- Horizontal Displacement U -- Vertical Displacement V -- Effect of Specimen Geometry -- Summary and Discussion -- Elastic Properties -- Flexural and Shear Properties -- Flexural Modulus vs. Tensile Modulus -- Resin Rich Layers -- Tensile Modulus vs. Compressive Modulus -- Number of Layers -- Off-Axis Angle -- Interlaminar Shear Properties -- Testing of Assorted Materials -- Woven-CFRP: Three-Point, Four-Point, and Five-Point Bending -- Elastic Flexural Properties. |