THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE TENSILE MODULI OF PARALLEL FILAMENT COMPOSITES,
Abstract
The tensile modulus of silicone rubber was determined over a range of temperature from room temperature down to -200 F. The values obtained extended over approximately three orders of magnitude. Knowledge of the modulus variation with temperature was used to evaluate the applicability of theoretical expressions for the longitudinal and transverse tensile moduli of a silicone rubber-glass filament composite which was tested under the same temperature conditions. The expression for the longitudinal modulus derived from the simple parallel model was in agreement with the observed experimental results. In one case, severe catenary caused a large discrepancy between theory and experiment at low matrix modulus values but at higher E sub m values the effect disappeared. Thus, when even a moderate amount of catenary is present the theory predicts the longitudinal modulus successfully. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0456718
Entities
People
- John W. Melvin
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign