Patent ID: 7380463

Claim:
Assembly for testing a panel ( 11 ), made of composite material, under combined shear-compression loads, using an universal tension load machine ( 16 ), characterized by comprising: a) metallic sheets ( 12 ) configured to form, together with the panel ( 11 ), a frame of rectangular shape in the same plane than the panel ( 11 ), being said metallic sheets ( 12 ) able to transmit external loads to the panel ( 11 ); b) two loading parts ( 19 ), having lugs ( 20 ) to be connected with the universal tension load machine ( 16 ), joined at two opposed sides of said frame, said lugs ( 20 ) being translatable along said loading parts ( 19 ) in the transversal direction (T) with respect to the panel ( 11 ); and c) a structure ( 18 ) to prevent displacements out of the panel ( 11 ) plane.