Composites Supportability Rapid Test and Evaluation

Abstract

Materials investigations were conducted in the general areas of adhesive bonding, composite materials, aircraft transparencies, and elastomeric seals. These studies were oriented towards characterization of new materials and processes, development of repair techniques, development of new processing techniques, and solution of current operational problems involving materials and processing. Some qualification testing was carried out on new materials. Studies involved the characterization of inorganic and water-based primers for adhesive bonding, adhesive and resins for aircraft repair, novel surface preparation procedures for aluminum and composite adherends, high temperature adhesives, bonding of aluminum castings, composite paint removal techniques, techniques to prepare thermoplastic prepreg, use of induction heating to cure composites, honeycomb repair procedures, evaluation of heat lamps for curing of composite repair patches, assessment of resin transfer molding for filament wound structure, studies of battle-damage-repair techniques for aircraft transparencies, and determination of aircraft fuel and lubricating oil compatibility with elastomeric seal materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA225243

Entities

People

  • C. Griffen
  • D. R. Askins
  • G. W. Lawless
  • R. Kuhbander
  • S. Saliba

Organizations

  • University of Dayton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Aircrafts
  • Body Weight
  • Composite Materials
  • Fabrication
  • Laminates
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Resin Transfer Molding
  • Resins
  • Shear Properties
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Reinforced Composite Materials