Heating Fixture and Instrumentation Design for Elevated Temperature Tests of a Composite Repair Technique

Abstract

Static tension tests were conducted on composite bolted repair samples. The purpose of these tests was to compare experimental results with strains predicted by the Composite Bolted Repair Analysis program. This program was developed to predict elevated temperature (0-250 F) strains. This TM addresses only the oven and instrumentation designs. The oven was designed to be integrated into FIBEC's 100 Kip Instron static test frame and meet environmental requirements. The instrumentation included five thermocouples to confirm the specimens were in the required environment, twenty-seven strain gauge channels to measure the strains, and one load cell channel ranging from five thousand pounds to fifty-thousand pounds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA248328

Entities

People

  • Donald Cook
  • Larry Bates

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Cells
  • Composite Materials
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Gages
  • High Temperature
  • Instrumentation
  • Load Cells
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Measurement
  • Strain Gages
  • Structural Integrity
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Fixtures

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.