A Review of RAE Sponsored Work on the Compressive Behaviour of Composite Materials


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The Non-metallic Materials Division at RAE Farnborough has mounted a major programme of work to study the compressive behaviour of composite materials and seek improvements in compressive strength. This is being done by developing improved compressive test techniques, studying failure processes fractographically, investigating the effect of notches and impact damage and modelling behaviour mathematically to develop predictive capability. In this paper an overview of this work is presented, with critical results and conclusions, and references to fuller treatments are cited.







Compressive Behaviour of Composites


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This report reviews the most important studies undertaken of the compressive failure mechanisms encountered in modern composite materials. It considers first the behaviour of unidirectional laminates, followed by unnotched and notched multidirectional structures. It then considers existing theoretical models. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database provides useful references for further reading.







AGARD Index of Publications


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The Utilization of Advanced Composites in Military Aircraft Held in San Diego, California on 7-11 October 1991 (L'Emploi Des Materiaux Composites de Pointe Pour Les Avions Militaires).


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Issues in Compression Loading of Composite Structures; Behaviour of Composite Structures under Compressive Loading; A New Test Method to Determine the Compressive Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Composites; Aspects of Compression in Aerospace Composites - Future Requirements; Three-Dimensional Elasticity Analysis of Buckling of Laminated Plates; A Review of RAE Sponsored Work on the Compressive Behaviour of Composite Materials; Influence of Edge Effect on Compression-Tension Fatigue of Toughened Graphite/Epoxy Laminates; Damage Progression under Compressive Loading in Composite Laminates Containing an Open Hole; GARTEUR Compression Behaviour of Advanced CFRP; Innovative Constituents Requirements to Improve Composites Compressive Strength; CFRP Stiffened Panels under Compression; An Overview of Concerns Relating to Fluid Effects on Composites; Effects of Fuel on Hercules AS-4/8552 Composite Material; Environmental Degradation of High Temperature Composites; Fluid Effects: Thermoset and Thermoplastic Matrix Composites; Jet Fuel Absorption and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Carbon Fibre Composites; Fracture Surface Characteristics of Compressive Failures in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Laminate Subjected to Hot/Wet Conditioning; The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Properties of PEEK and APC-2; Environmental Resistance of Amorphous Bonded Thermoplastic Joints; Flight Service Environmental Effects on Composite Materials and Structures.







NASA Technical Paper


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