IMPROVEMENT OF REINFORCED PLASTICS

Abstract

Significant improvements in manufacturing of hollow glass fibers and specimen fabrication produced extremely encouraging results. Tests on improved hollow glass fiber composites showed compressive strengths as high as 110,000 psi for A STRENGTH TO DENSITY RATIO OF OVER 2 MILLION INCHES. Similar solid fiber specimens demonstrated strength to density ratios only as high as 1.3 million inches. These results demonstrated increased structural efficiency through the reduction of material density. Continued development of hollow fiber manufacturing processes produced excellent configuration and uniformity of single fibers. Improved E-glass composition and impurity control eliminated the boiling difficulties observed earlier, negating the need for conversion from glass to quartz.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 19, 1962
Accession Number
AD0272303

Entities

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Composite Materials
  • Compression
  • Contracts
  • Fabrication
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Fibers
  • Glass Fibers
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Metallurgy
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.