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Damage tolerance of woven graphite-epoxy buffer strip panels
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kennedy, John M. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Graphite-epoxy panels with S glass buffer strips were tested in tension and shear to measure their residual strengths with crack-like damage. The buffer strips were regularly spaced narrow strips of continuous S glass. Panels were made with a uniweave graphite cloth where the S glass buffer material was woven directly into the cloth. Panels were made with different width and thickness buffer strips. The panels were loaded to failure while remote strain, strain at the end of the slit, and crack opening displacement were monitoring. The notched region and nearby buffer strips were radiographed periodically to reveal crack growth and damage. Except for panels with short slits, the buffer strips arrested the propagating crack. The strength (or failing strain) of the panels was significantly higher than the strength of all-graphite panels with the same length slit. Panels with wide, thick buffer strips were stronger than panels with thin, narrow buffer strips. A shear-lag model predicted the failing strength of tension panels with wide buffer strips accurately, but over-estimated the strength of the shear panels and the tension panels with narrow buffer strips. |
| File Size | 1411946 |
| Page Count | 46 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900018798 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t74v1hf3f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics S Glass Crack Opening Displacement Carbon Fibers Tolerances Mechanics Graphite-epoxy Composites Slits Fracture Strength Crack Propagation Load Tests Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
