Time-Dependent Fracture Processes Relating to Service Life Prediction of Adhesive Joints and Advanced Composites.

Abstract

Completion of construction of the loading device frame, tubes and speciment holders; development of suitable heating and cooling systems for the tubes; development of a method to measure the (small) displacements applied to the specimen by the loading device; determination of the amount of light needed in the crack opening recording method. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 1977
Accession Number
ADA090494

Entities

People

  • K. M. Liecthi
  • W. G. Knauss

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Adhesives
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Beam Steering
  • California
  • Composite Materials
  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Diodes
  • Displacement
  • Light Sources
  • Mach Zehnder Interferometers
  • Microprocessors
  • Scientific Research

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.