Flexural Properties of Carbon Fibre Cloth/Wood Veneer Laminates.

Abstract

Flexural tests have been made on epoxy or phenolic resin bonded hybrid laminates comprising carbon fibre cloth layers on wood veneer cores. Breaking loads and stiffnesses of many of the hybrids exceed those of all carbon fibre cloth laminates of the same weight per unit area of panel. This improvement in flexural properties can be accompanied by a significant decrease in materials costs owing to the replacement of expensive carbon fibre cloth by cheap wood veneers. Significant weight savings may be achieved if carbon fibre laminates are replaced by hybrid laminates having the same flexural breaking strengths or stiffnesses. Keywords: Great Britain; Aircraft panels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161921

Entities

People

  • J. H. Sewell

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Epoxy Resins
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Films
  • Flexural Properties
  • Flexural Strength
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Resins
  • Stiffness
  • Thermosetting Plastics

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials