The Use of Tubular Test Specimens for Material Characterisation of Fibre Reinforced Plastics.

Abstract

A review has been made of theoretical studies on the use of tubular specimens to characterise fiber reinforced plastic materials. The results of a shell theory analysis of tubular carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are presented. These show that CFRP tubes yield uniform stress distributions in the center of the specimen and so may be used to characterise the material. In particular tubes produced with axially oriented and hoop-wound fibers give a very uniform stress distribution and can be used for combined loading experiments.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA023168

Entities

People

  • J. B. Sturgeon

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Fibers
  • Materials
  • Plastics
  • Polymer Matrix Composites
  • Reinforced Plastics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design