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Investigation of the wedge pressure (Ludwik) method of testing certain plastics

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The feasibility of Ludwik's method, which consists in squeezing a test piece between two wedges, as a means of determining the tensile strength of polymeric materials is demonstrated.

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  1. I. Ya. Straume
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  2. V. I. Prosvirin
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Riga Polytechnic Institute. Riga Lenin Komsomol Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 366–369, March–April, 1971.

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Straume, I.Y., Prosvirin, V.I. Investigation of the wedge pressure (Ludwik) method of testing certain plastics. Polymer Mechanics 7, 330–332 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00855880

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