Figure 13.
Extension, shear and bending tests: non-dimensional structural reaction in the x-direction Rℓ/(3L2ap) (a,e) and the y-direction Rℓ/(3L2ap) (c) and non-dimensional global strain energy W/(3L2ap) evolution (b,d,f) varying a=ak/ap and taking for the extension test (a,b), for the shear test (c,d) and for the bending test (the black triangle indicates the slope of the linear law for the structural reaction and the quadratic law for the strain energy).