In my previous column, I briefly cited the Short Beam Shear (SBS) test method as a much more attractive in-terlaminar shear test method than the double-notch shear test method. The primary attraction of the SBS method for many users is the simplicity, the small size of the test specimen and the ease with which the test can be performed. As a result, the SBS method is widely used. Yet it is not without its detractors.
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