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Tensile strength of composite sheets with unidirectional stringers and crack-like damage
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Poe Jr., C. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | The damage tolerance characteristics of metal tension panels with riveted and bonded stringers are well known. The stringers arrest unstable cracks and retard propagation of fatigue cracks. Residual strengths and fatigue lives are considerably greater than those of unstiffened or integrally stiffened sheets. The damage tolerance of composite sheets with bonded composite stringers loaded in tension was determined. Cracks in composites do not readily propagate in fatigue, at least not through fibers. Moreover, the residual strength of notched composites is sometimes even increased by fatigue loading. Therefore, the residual strength aspect of damage tolerance, and not fatigue crack propagation, was investigated. About 50 graphite/epoxy composite panels were made with two sheet layups and several stringer configurations. Crack-like slots were cut in the middle of the panels to simulate damage. The panels were instrumented and monotonically loaded in tension to failure. The tests indicate that the composite panels have considerable damage tolerance, much like metal panels. The stringers arrested cracks that ran from the crack-like slots, and the residual strengths were considerably greater than those of unstiffened composite sheets. A stress intensity factor analysis was developed to predict the failing strains of the stiffened panels. Using the analysis, a single design curve was produced for composite sheets with bonded stringers of any configuration. |
| File Size | 2743334 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19840021905 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2g78759m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Composite Materials Slots Panels Fracture Mechanics Stress Intensity Factors Fatigue Materials Graphite-epoxy Composites Damage Tensile Strength Crack Closure Loads Forces Stringers Structural Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
