Characterization of Shear Behavior in Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Using Bias-Extension and Picture Frame Tests
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 146, Issue 2
Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to find a suitable method for determining the in-plane shear characteristics of a type of “cellular metal” plain-woven stainless steel wire mesh. That no ready-made standard test exists for investigating the in-plane shear properties of the wire mesh must be noted. Two types of in-plane shear test methods that are normally used for shear tests of textile structures, that is, the bias-extension test and the picture-frame test, were conducted and employed in this work. To determine whether they can provide a pure and uniform shear region during a test, the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) approach is used as an auxiliary measurement of strain distribution for both methods. Based on the comparison and analysis of results from those two tests, a picture-frame test with a corners cut-off sample was found to be a more suitable method than a bias-extension test for determining the shear properties of the wire mesh. However, the bias-extension test can provide a simple and reliable method for determining the lock-angle of a wire mesh.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Mr. Patrick Nolan, Dr. Hongxu Wang, and Mr. Mark Dumbrell for assistance with the experimental tests. The financial support from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
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Received: Oct 11, 2018
Accepted: Jun 19, 2019
Published online: Dec 6, 2019
Published in print: Feb 1, 2020
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