Estimating the Initial Crack Size in a Particulate Composite Material: An Analytical and Experimental Approach

Abstract

The objectives in this report are to: determine the inherent critical initial crack size in a particulate composite material, determine the statistical distribution function of the inherent critical crack size, normal distribution, two parameter lognormal distribution, two parameter weibull distribution, and second asymptotic distribution of maximum value.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 11, 2001
Accession Number
ADA410164

Entities

People

  • Chun Ting Liu

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Composite Materials
  • Data Rights
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distribution Functions
  • Export Controls
  • Fungi
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Normal Distribution
  • Particulates
  • Sensitivity
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Statistical Functions

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  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.