Composite Propellants: Statistical Evaluation of Brittle Point (Embrittlement Temperature) Tests.

Abstract

Embrittlement temperatures of composite propellants, at nominal uniaxial strains of 5, 10 and 25 per cent, have been measured by two bending beam methods, and the results compared statistically with interpolations from WLF master curves of rupture strain in tension against log reduced strain-rate. Effective strains are deduced which place the majority of the embrittlement temperature values within the scatter of the WLF master curves. It is concluded that the relatively simple embrittlement tests yield measurements of the strain at rupture no more variable than those derived from a similar number of uniaxial tensile tests. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0727038

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  • R. W. Bryant

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Embrittlement
  • Interpolation
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Propellants
  • Strain Rate
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Metallurgy