The Design and Use of a Viscometer for the Study of Reacting Resin Systems.

Abstract

This report describes a viscometry system which has been developed specifically to study reacting resin systems under predetermined temperature cycles such as those representative of the cure conditions used for carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resin laminates. The constraints placed upon the design both by the need to reduce the number of variables and by the nature of the material under test are discussed together with the methods adopted to overcome them. By use of an example, the viscometry system described is shown to provide a detailed understanding of what, at first sight, appears to be a simple process but is in fact unexpectedly complex. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA116312

Entities

People

  • R. Childs

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Autoclaves
  • Calibration
  • Composite Materials
  • Containers
  • Control Systems
  • Generators
  • Heat Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Resins
  • Simulators
  • Temperature Control
  • Toggle Switches
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design