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ASTM A931 / control cable specs

Tensile

Breaking strength of aircraft control cables, wire rope and swaged terminals.

ASTM B557 / B557M

Tensile

Tension testing of wrought and cast aluminium- and magnesium-alloy products.

ASTM C297 / C393 / C365

Flexure & bend

Honeycomb sandwich panels — flatwise tension, beam flexure and core compression.

ASTM D1781

Peel & adhesion

Climbing drum peel for adhesives — sandwich facings and laminated assemblies (aerospace).

ASTM D3039 / D6641 / D2344

Shear

Carbon-fibre laminate qualification — tension, compression (CLC) and interlaminar shear.

ASTM D5528 / D7905 / D6671

Fracture toughness

Interlaminar fracture toughness (GIc, GIIc, mixed-mode) for damage-tolerance certification.

ASTM D5766 / D6484 / D5961

Compression

Open-hole tension, open-hole compression and bearing strength — notched design allowables.

ASTM D6415

Fracture toughness

Curved-beam strength — interlaminar tensile strength of curved composite laminates.

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