ASTM D5450/D5450M-93(2006) - 15.1.2006
 
Significance and Use

This test method is used to produce transverse tensile property data for material specifications, research and development, quality assurance, and structural design and analysis. Factors which influence the transverse tensile response and should, therefore, be reported are: material, methods of material preparation, specimen preparation, specimen conditioning, environment of testing, specimen alignment and gripping, speed of testing, void content, and fiber volume fraction. Properties, in the test direction, which may be obtained from this test method include:

5.1.1 Transverse Tensile Strength,

5.1.2 Transverse Tensile Strain at Failure,

5.1.3 Transverse Tensile Modulus of Elasticity, E22, and

5.1.4 Poisson’Ratio, υ21.

 
1. Scope

1.1 This test method determines the transverse tensile properties of wound polymer matrix composites reinforced by high-modulus continuous fibers. It describes testing of hoop wound (90°) cylinders in axial tension for determination of transverse tensile properties.

1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the inch-pound units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the standard.

1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

 
2. Referenced Documents

E1237-20

Standard Guide for Installing Bonded Resistance Strain Gages

D792-20

Standard Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement

E691-23

Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

D5449/D5449M-22

Standard Test Method for Transverse Compressive Properties of Hoop Wound Polymer Matrix Composite Cylinders

E4-24

Standard Practices for Force Calibration and Verification of Testing Machines

E6-25

Standard Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing

E111-17(2025)e1

Standard Test Method for Young’s Modulus, Tangent Modulus, and Chord Modulus (Includes all amendments and changes 12/11/2025).

E122-17(2022)

Standard Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate, With Specified Precision, the Average for a Characteristic of a Lot or Process

E132-17(2025)e1

Standard Test Method for Poisson’s Ratio at Room Temperature (Includes all amendments and changes 12/11/2025).

E177-26a

Standard Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods (Includes all amendments and changes 5/14/2026).

D5448/D5448M-22

Standard Test Method for Inplane Shear Properties of Hoop Wound Polymer Matrix Composite Cylinders

E251-20a

Standard Test Methods for Performance Characteristics of Metallic Bonded Resistance Strain Gages (Includes all amendments and changes 8/7/2020).

D883-26b

Standard Terminology Relating to Plastics (Includes all amendments and changes 8/24/2026).

D2584-25

Standard Test Method for Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins

D2734-23

Standard Test Methods for Void Content of Reinforced Plastics

E456-13a(2022)e1

Standard Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics (Includes all amendments and changes 4/16/2024).

D3171-22

Standard Test Methods for Constituent Content of Composite Materials

D5229/D5229M-20

Standard Test Method for Moisture Absorption Properties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials

D3878-26

Standard Terminology for Composite Materials