Until the mid-1970s, compression testing of composite materials received relatively little attention. Up to that point it, had generally been assumed that the compressive stiffness was approximately ...

Until the early 1970s, there was relatively little interest in measuring the compressive properties of composite materials. For design purposes, it was generally assumed that the compressive strength ...

While high efficiency is the goal; it may simplify the task to focus on losses instead. Power losses are easily attributed to specific devices, so a design that minimizes losses will naturally ...