An Investigation of Fatigue Behavior of Reinforced Plastics for Primary Aircraft Structures.

Abstract

The following aspects of fatigue behavior of reinforced plastic composite materials were studied (1) Fiber surface finish effects on fatigue life of glass reinforced plastics. (2) Low cycle fatigue effects on mechanical properties of Graphite reinforced plastics (GRP). (3) Hollow glass prepreg composite performance in compression fatigue. (4) Graphite/Epoxy and Graphite/Scrim cloth/epoxy composite behavior in compression fatigue. (5) Quasi-isotropic GRP behavior in tension fatigue. (6) Effect of hostile Humidity-temperature environment on GRP. (7) Tension crack toughness tests and crack propagation in GRP. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0867805

Entities

People

  • K. E. Hofer
  • P. N. Rao

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Crack Propagation
  • Environment
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Fatigue Life
  • Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.