Multifilamented glass braid

A variation of the torsion pendulum, torsional braid analysis (TBA), utilizes a supported specimen so that the dynamic mechanical properties of a sample can be monitored in the liquid as well as the solid states (1, 2). An inert multifilamented glass braid is impregnated with the sample (usually in its liquid state or in solution). The observed dynamic mechanical properties are relative due to the composite nature and complex geometry of the specimen. 

Benicewicz, B. C., Shalaby S. W., Clemow, A. J. and Oser, Z., In vitro and in vivo degradation of poly(Z-lactide) braided multifilament yams, in Agriculture and Synthetic Polymers, Glass, J. E. and Swift, G., Eds., American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1990, chap. 14. 

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