Composite Materials for Structural Design.

Abstract

Summarized are research activities related to polymer-matrix composite materials in the areas of processing and dynamic mechanical testing, physical aging, delamination fracture characterization, temperature and moisture effects, finite element modelling of nonlinear viscoelastic materials, and neutron radiography. Also included are Abstracts of five M.S. theses and six papers describing several recently completed experimental and analytical research investigations of factors which pertain to processing, testing, and design of composite structures. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA083721

Entities

People

  • R. A. Schpey

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Climate Change
  • Composite Materials
  • Creep
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Epoxy Laminates
  • Laminates
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Resins
  • Stress Strain Relations

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Theoretical Analysis.