Gemini B Blast Shield: Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Flexcore

Abstract

The Gemini B blast shield is a sandwich construction composed of glass fabric reinforced plastic skins adhesively bonded to aluminum Flexcore. The object of this test was to determine the plate shear strength and the flatwise bare compressive strength of aluminum flexcore as well as the effect of the Flexcore thickness on the plate shear strength.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 27, 1968
Accession Number
AD0856573

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Compression
  • Compressive Strength
  • Construction
  • Identification
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metallurgical Laboratories
  • Missouri
  • Sandwich Construction
  • Shear Strength
  • Shear Stresses
  • Shear Tests
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

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  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.