HOLLOW GLASS FIBER REINFORCED LAMINATES

Abstract

Privious studies of hollow glass fiber reinforced plastics have indicated that these composites offer the potential of significant structural weight savings for structures which are design limited by compressive strength or stability considerations or by bending or deflection criteria. This report on the accompolishments of the present program consists of two parts. The first presents the development of new analytical tools for the evaluation of composite performance. Included in this section are analyses relating the thermal expansion coefficients and thermal conductivities of a fibrous composite to those of the constituents. Also, further study of the stresses in the vicinity of a fiber discontinuity are presented. The second phase of the report describes the experimental program including mechanical, thermal and electrical property measurements. Test results are compared with analytical results where possible. The results indicate potential for application of the material to new areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0451684

Entities

Organizations

  • General Electric

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Elastic Properties
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Business Analytics
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Structural Dynamics.