CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS - AN INITIAL EVALUATION.

Abstract

The R.A.E. carbon fibre is shown to be compatible with a wide range of thermosetting polymers and techniques are described for incorporating useful volume fractions of fibre into resin-bonded composites. Several important mechanical and physical properties were measured; the good strength and very high specific stiffness predicted from the fibre properties were confirmed. A number of favourable potential applications for carbon-fibre plastics are discussed and an outline is given of the future programme of development. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655890

Entities

People

  • L. N. Phillips

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Fibers
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastics
  • Polymer Matrix Composites
  • Reinforced Plastics

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design