Composite Materials for Advanced Global Mobility Concepts.

Abstract

A variety of techniques were modified, adapted, or reconstituted to measure properties of graphitic foams. Successful measurements of tensile and shear mechanical properties, foam cell sizes, graphitic crystalline parameters, and foam deformation mechanisms were demonstrated. Thermal diffusivity measurements were close to being demonstrated, compression testing was found to be not reliable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA366966

Entities

People

  • A. K. Roy
  • D. P. Anderson

Organizations

  • University of Dayton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Cell Size
  • Cells
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Programming
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Macrophages
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Operating Systems
  • Shear Properties
  • Tensile Properties
  • Test Methods
  • Thermal Diffusivity

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Reinforced Composite Materials