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Fig. 9

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Broken T-Section samples.

ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES •

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2014

signed and tested to validate failure parameters at the com-

ponent level.

For more information:

Yu-Ping Yang is a principal engineer

in the structure integrity and modeling group at EWI, 1250

Arthur E. Adams Dr., Columbus, OH 43221, 614.688.5253,

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Fig. 8

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Drop tower for

high speed sample

testing.

8 .5 ft

Sample

Cover plate

Transverse

load

Longitudinal

load