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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"woven composite"”.
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Development of a Progressive Failure Model for Notched Woven Composite Laminates
As part of the Composite Technology for Exploration (CTE) project at NASA, woven fabric composites are being investigated for their use in Space Launch System (SLS) hardware. Composites are more difficult to analyze than isotropic materials and require more complex methods for predicting failure. …
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Compressive strength and behavior of 8H C3000/PMR15 woven composite material
… unnotched specimens cut from Celion 3000/PMR15 woven composite panels with 60% fiber volume fraction were tested under quasi-static compressive load to failure at room temperature. Micrographic evidence clearly identifies the mode of compressive failure as fiber kinking. Each fiber in the kink …
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Stress and damage assessment in woven composite materials by means of thermoelastic stress analysis
… analysis (TSA) to assess stresses and damage in woven composite materials. Woven composite materials offer high specific strength and stiffness, while being well suited to low cost manufacturing techniques. This makes them a cost effective material for weight critical structural applications. The …
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Dimensional Accuracy of Thermoset Polymer Composites: Process Simulation and Optimization
… to predict the viscoelastic response of a woven composite substrate for multilayer circuit board applications. Comparisons between numerical predictions and experimental data clearly indicate that the creep compliance of the composite depends not only on the relaxation of the matrix, but …
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Computational Modeling and Impact Analysis of Textile Composite Structutres
… dynamic behaviors and failures of 2-D textile composite as well as 3-D orthogonal woven composite structures weakened by cracks and subjected to static-, impact- and ballistic-type loads. As more complicated modeling about textile composite structures is introduced, some of homogenization …
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Investigation of Design, Manufacture, Analysis, and Test of a Composite Connecting Rod Under Compression
<p>Composite materials hold great potential for the replacement of traditional materials in machines utilized on a daily basis. One such example is within an engine block assembly where massive components inherently reduce the efficiency of the system they constitute. By replacing metal elements …
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Modeling and experimental investigations of drilling carbon fiber reinforced composites
The application of composites in different industries especially aerospace industry has significantly increased due to their phenomenal mechanical characteristics. Drilling woven composite parts is one of the most common operations in assembly, and therefore selecting the ideal process parameters …
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Durability of Advanced Woven Composites in Aerospace Applications
… aging on the durability of a graphite/epoxy woven composite material system. Imposed environmental and aging conditions were considered to be representative of service conditions for the engine of an advanced subsonic aircraft for which the composite system is a candidate material. The study …
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Autonomic healing of low-velocity impact damage in woven fiber-reinforced composites
Polymer-matrix fiber-reinforced composites have seen increasing use in applications requiring high specific strength and stiffness. These materials typically show excellent in-plane properties but are particularly susceptible to transverse impacts. Impact can significantly reduce strength and the …
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The Manufacturing and Ballistic Testing of Tri-axial Quasi Three Dimensional Woven Composites Layered in Polyurea
… and self-sealing nature of a quasi 3D tri-axial woven composite layered with polyurea against high power rifle bullet impact. This is done by evaluating the effectiveness of quasi-3D tri-axial woven composites in resisting .50 caliber rifle rounds and utilizing a high speed camera to visually …
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Dynamic Mixed-Mode Fracture of Bonded Composite Joints for Automotive Crashworthiness
… of the mixed-mode fracture behavior of bonded composite joints is presented. Commonly used experimental techniques for characterizing the mode I, mixed-mode I/II, mode II, and mode III fracture behavior have been employed for the purpose of developing a fracture envelope to be utilized in the …