In my January 2024 column, I reported on a new ASTM test method for use in assessing the damage tolerance of sandwich composites under compression loading: the sandwich compression-after-impact (CAI) ...

The impact response of composite materials was of only minor interest prior to the introduction of carbon fiber in the mid-1960s. Before that time, the composites in use were primarily reinforced with ...

NORTH VENICE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lynn Miller, PGT Innovations Code Compliance Manager, was recently appointed as Chairman of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) impact-resistance ...

Since 1900, when manufacturers started realizing the importance of impact tests, there has been no change in the basic physical aspects of either the test machine or the test procedure. It is a ...