Concept and realization of a specimen grips A and B for tensile tests adapted to specimens cut transversely from the tube
Keywords:
Composites, ensile test, fatigue machine, Docking and alignment, steel grips, Mechanical realizationAbstract
Composite pipes must comply to avoid the risks of degradation (mechanical, and physico-chemical). To verify the
mechanical resistance of these pipes, we prepared standardized specimens in longitudinal, transverse directions and CT and
DCB types. In order to perform tensile tests on the MTS 810 tensile (or fatigue) machine, flat specimens are widely used,
but transversely cut specimens and CT and DCB types are not widely used. The main objective of this scientific paper is the
innovation of two steel grips A and B, which will allow to fix specimens inside the jaws of tensile (or fatigue) machines in
order to obtain reproducible tests. This docking and alignment device transform the non-limiting tensile (or fatigue)
machine, with the rapid adaptation of the tensile machine jaws capable of clamping specimens of complex geometric
shapes.