ASTM D3983 Strength and Shear Modulus of Nonrigid Adhesives Test Machine

ASTM D3983 – 98(2019) : Standard Test Method for Measuring Strength and Shear Modulus of Nonrigid Adhesives by the Thick-Adherend Tensile-Lap Specimen

This test method is capable of providing shear modulus and shear strength values for adhesives with accuracy suitable for use by design engineers in predicting the characteristics of building assemblies bonded with nonrigid adhesives.

Adhesive formulators will also find the method useful during the development of new adhesive systems.

In general, the thick adherend lap-shear test is a useful tool in research during studies of both short- and long-term load-deformation properties of adhesives.

This thick adherend lap-shear test yields a uniformity of stress distribution approaching that obtained in thin tubular butt joints subjected to torsion, which is considered to be a condition of pure shear.