Standard Test Method for Shear Fatigue of Sandwich Core Materials

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Often the most critical stress to which a sandwich panel core is subjected is shear. The effect of repeated shear stresses on the core material can be very important, particularly in terms of durability under various environmental conditions.  
5.2 This test method provides a standard method of obtaining the sandwich core shear fatigue response. Uses include screening candidate core materials for a specific application, developing a design-specific core shear cyclic stress limit, and core material research and development.Note 3—This test method may be used as a guide to conduct spectrum loading. This information can be useful in the understanding of fatigue behavior of core under spectrum loading conditions, but is not covered in this standard.  
5.3 Factors that influence core fatigue response and shall therefore be reported include the following: core material, core geometry (density, cell size, orientation, etc.), specimen geometry and associated measurement accuracy, specimen preparation, specimen conditioning, environment of testing, specimen alignment, loading procedure, loading frequency, force (stress) ratio and speed of testing (for residual strength tests).Note 4—If a sandwich panel is tested using the guidance of this standard, the following may also influence the fatigue response and should be reported: facing material, adhesive material, methods of material fabrication, adhesive thickness and adhesive void content. Further, core-to-facing strength may be different between precured/bonded and co-cured facings in sandwich panels with the same core and facing materials.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method determines the effect of repeated shear forces on core material used in sandwich panels. Permissible core material forms include those with continuous bonding surfaces (such as balsa wood and foams) as well as those with discontinuous bonding surfaces (such as honeycomb).  
1.2 This test method is limited to test specimens subjected to constant amplitude uniaxial loading, where the machine is controlled so that the test specimen is subjected to repetitive constant amplitude force (stress) cycles. Either shear stress or applied force may be used as a constant amplitude fatigue variable.  
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard. Within the text, the inch-pound units are shown in brackets.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: C394/C394M − 13
StandardTest Method for
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Shear Fatigue of Sandwich Core Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C394/C394M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D883 Terminology Relating to Plastics
D3878 Terminology for Composite Materials
1.1 This test method determines the effect of repeated shear
D5229/D5229M TestMethodforMoistureAbsorptionProp-
forces on core material used in sandwich panels. Permissible
erties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Matrix
core material forms include those with continuous bonding
Composite Materials
surfaces (such as balsa wood and foams) as well as those with
E6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing
discontinuous bonding surfaces (such as honeycomb).
E122 Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate,With
1.2 This test method is limited to test specimens subjected
Specified Precision, the Average for a Characteristic of a
to constant amplitude uniaxial loading, where the machine is
Lot or Process
controlled so that the test specimen is subjected to repetitive
E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
constant amplitude force (stress) cycles. Either shear stress or
ASTM Test Methods
applied force may be used as a constant amplitude fatigue
E456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics
variable.
E467 Practice for Verification of Constant Amplitude Dy-
namic Forces in an Axial Fatigue Testing System
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in E739 PracticeforStatisticalAnalysisofLinearorLinearized
Stress-Life (S-N) and Strain-Life (ε-N) Fatigue Data
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining E1012 Practice for Verification of Testing Frame and Speci-
men Alignment Under Tensile and Compressive Axial
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
with the standard. Within the text, the inch-pound units are Force Application
E1309 Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced
shown in brackets.
Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials in Databases
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
E1434 Guide for Recording Mechanical Test Data of Fiber-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Reinforced Composite Materials in Databases
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
E1471 Guide for Identification of Fibers, Fillers, and Core
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Materials in Computerized Material Property Databases
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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2.2 ISO Standards
2. Referenced Documents ISO 13003:2003(E) Fibre-reinforced plastics: Determination
2 of fatigue properties under cyclic loading conditions
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C271/C271M Test Method for Density of Sandwich Core
3. Terminology
Materials
3.1 Definitions:
C273/C273M Test Method for Shear Properties of Sandwich
3.1.1 Terminology D3878 defines terms relating to high-
Core Materials
modulus fibers and their composites. Terminology C274/
C274/C274M Terminology of Structural Sandwich Con-
C274M defines terms relating to structural sandwich construc-
structions
tions. Terminology D883 defines terms relating to plastics.
Terminology E6 defines terms relating to mechanical testing.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D30 on
Terminology E456 and Practice E177 define terms relating to
Composite Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D30.09 on
statistics.Intheeventofaconflictbetweenterms,Terminology
Sandwich Construction.
D3878 shall have precedence over the other terminologies.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2013. Published October 2013. Originally
approvedin1957.Lastpreviouseditionapprovedin2000asC394 – 00(2008).DOI:
NOTE 1—If the term represents a physical quantity, its analytical
10.1520/C0394_C0394M–13.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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the ASTM website. la Voie-Creuse, CP 56, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iso.org.
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Designation: C394 − 00 (Reapproved 2008) C394/C394M − 13
Standard Test Method for
1
Shear Fatigue of Sandwich Core Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C394;C394/C394M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the
year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last
reapproval. A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This test method covers determination of determines the effect of repeated shear loads on sandwich core materials.forces
on core material used in sandwich panels. Permissible core material forms include those with continuous bonding surfaces (such
as balsa wood and foams) as well as those with discontinuous bonding surfaces (such as honeycomb).
1.2 This test method is limited to test specimens subjected to constant amplitude uniaxial loading, where the machine is
controlled so that the test specimen is subjected to repetitive constant amplitude force (stress) cycles. Either shear stress or applied
force may be used as a constant amplitude fatigue variable.
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as the standard. The inch-pound units
given may be approximate.standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
Within the text, the inch-pound units are shown in brackets.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
C271/C271M Test Method for Density of Sandwich Core Materials
C273C273/C273M Test Method for Shear Properties of Sandwich Core Materials
C274/C274M Terminology of Structural Sandwich Constructions
D883 Terminology Relating to Plastics
D3878 Terminology for Composite Materials
D5229/D5229M Test Method for Moisture Absorption Properties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Matrix Composite
Materials
E6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing
E122 Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate, With Specified Precision, the Average for a Characteristic of a Lot or
Process
E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods
E456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics
E4E467 PracticesPractice for Force Verification of Testing MachinesVerification of Constant Amplitude Dynamic Forces in an
Axial Fatigue Testing System
E739 Practice for Statistical Analysis of Linear or Linearized Stress-Life (S-N) and Strain-Life (ε-N) Fatigue Data
E1012 Practice for Verification of Testing Frame and Specimen Alignment Under Tensile and Compressive Axial Force
Application
E1309 Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials in Databases
E1434 Guide for Recording Mechanical Test Data of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials in Databases
E1471 Guide for Identification of Fibers, Fillers, and Core Materials in Computerized Material Property Databases
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D30 on Composite Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D30.09 on Sandwich
Construction.
Current edition approved March 1, 2008Oct. 1, 2013. Published April 2008 October 2013. Originally approved in 1957. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as
C394 – 00(2008) . DOI: 10.1520/C0394-00R08.10.1520/C0394_C0394M–13.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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2.2 ISO Standards
ISO 13003:2003(E) Fibre-reinforced plastics: Determination of fatigue properties under cyclic loading conditions
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 Terminology D3878 defines terms relating to high-modulus fibers and their composites. Terminology C274/C274M
defines terms relating to structural sandwich constructions. Terminology D883
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