This paper deals with a new bending test method for advanced composites. Although a conventional three- or four-point bending test is convenient to obtain bending strength and modulus, it has several disadvantages especially for advanced composites. A newly proposed method is based on a bending by means of axial compression and this method overcomes the above disadvantages. A set of testing device was designed and machined and several kinds of composites were tested. In addition to the bending strength, the method to evaluate the bending modulus was also developed. It has been made clear that the new method is suitable especially for high performance composites such as T800/epoxy graphite composites.
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