REINFORCED PLASTICS FOR HYDROSPACE VEHICLES

Abstract

The paper presents background information on the use of glass-reinforced plastics for the construction of pressure hulls for deep submergence. The characteristics of an ideal material for hulls for deep-depth operation are described, and available information on structural response to static loading of cylindrical hulls made of glass-filament reinforced plastics is summarized to demonstrate their potential advantages over metals. Work to date indicates that experimentally determined pressures obtained from a limited number of tests of structural models fabricated from commercially available materials agree well with pressures computed from formulas based on thin-shell theory for isotropic materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264812

Entities

People

  • J. E. Buhl Jr.
  • J. G. Pulas
  • W. R. Graner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics
  • Glass Fibers
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Model Basins
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Pressure Hulls
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Submarine Hulls
  • Yield Strength

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Structural Dynamics.