Delta-C/Delta-a Calibration of a Contoured Cantilevered Beam Specimen

Abstract

The contoured double cantilever beam specimen is reexamined to determine the effect of rigid extensions of the cantilever arms. The relationships between the apparent compliance, measured on the extension arm, and the true compliance, measured at the load points, are determined experimentally and compared with corrections estimated from beam theory and a 'linear correction' method. It is shown that the correction factors required are large and can only be adequately determined by direct experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1972
Accession Number
AD0742977

Entities

People

  • Dennis L. Dull
  • James D. Buch
  • Louis Raymond

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Calibration
  • California
  • Corporations
  • Displacement
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Fracture (Mechanics)
  • Intensity
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Stress Corrosion
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Systems Analysis and Design