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Fig. 3.18. (a) Shear stress contours and (b) shear stress distributions across the thickness of a three-point
bending specimen in a short beam shear test. After Cui and Wisnom (1992). Reproduced by permission of
Elsevier Science Ltd.
Fig. 3.19. Scanning electron microphotograph of buckling failure near the loading nose of a carbon fiber-
epoxy matrix short beam shear specimen. After Whitney and Browning (1985).