Tensile Property Evaluation of Polycrystalline Alumina Filaments and Their Composites.

Abstract

The tensile properties of polycrystalline alumina filaments (DuPont Fiber FB) were experimentally measured and statistically evaluated for several different gage lengths (0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 inches). Using a two-parameter Weibull distribution function to describe the in situ filament failure stresses, a statistical failure mode analysis for composites gave excellent agreement between theoretical predictions and published tensile strength data on cast Fiber FP/aluminum and Fiber FP/magnesium.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126482

Entities

People

  • John Nunes

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Distribution Functions
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Information Processing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Military Research
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Tensile Properties
  • Tensile Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

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