Experimental investigation of the shear modulus in the case of pure tensile test

Abstract

In this paper, the authors determine the shear modulus using a pure tensile test without the application of pure shear external load. In order to validate the computer-aided theoretical model, a measurement setup was designed and built by the authors. A theoretical model was realized by finite element model in order to simulate the torsion effect exerted by a pure shear mode. The authors have validated the theoretical and experimental results using a new and innovative photostress measurement.