CONSTANT TEMPERATURE CREEP STUDIES OF SOME SIMPLE POLYMERIC COMPOSITES.

Abstract

An investigation of uniaxial creep in simple synthetic composites of polyethylene and polypropylene was made to determine the parametric behavior and interrelation of each component by varying the relative volume and interfacial contact area. A mathematical model was developed and used to predict the experimental behavior which was determined by least squares fitting of the data. A digital computer was used in the analysis and good correlation between the experimental measurements and theoretical predictions was obtained. Included is a report of the design and construction of equipment for theoretically meaningful viscoelastic measurements. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0821833

Entities

People

  • Marshall Allen Howard

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Digital Computers
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Polypropylene

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials