PSI - Issue 37

Valérie Nsouami et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 37 (2022) 576–581 Nsouami et al. 2021/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2021) 000 – 000

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2 4 max

( b h     ) F l

( ) 2

FS

=

2

Where Fmax is the maximum force applied during the bending test. 3. Results and discussion 3.1. Loads displacement curves

Figure 4. Force-displacement curves for the (a) upper (b) middle and (c) lower portions