| Abstract: | The purpose of this research was to develop a novel, multifunctional apparatus that makes possible to carry out two common tests of woven fabrics and flexible sheet-like materials, namely the shear and the yarn-pull out test. We designed an apparatus that can be mounted on a universal load machine and makes possible to test the materials rapidly and precisely.In this paper we introduce the apparatus and the related simple shear and yarn pull-out test methods, as well as the accuracy and reproducibility of the test results obtained. We carried out cyclic shear and yarn pull-out tests on plain and panama weave materials. We found that the relative deviations of the common shear (G, 2HG, 2HG5) and yarn pull-out parameters were around 5–9% in most cases that confirms the repeatability of the test method. With our method, one can carry out these tests without an expensive, dedicated test device. |
