Browsing by Subject "Composite materials"
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Determination of the mode I delamination fracture toughness of multidirectional composite laminates (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The objective of this study is to develop and verify a theoretically-based method for characterizing mode I delamination fracture of composite laminates. Attention focuses on the special problems associated with delamination ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The objective of this dissertation research was to develop improved understanding of the deformation and fracture physics of delamination in resin toughened graphite/epoxy composites. Experiments were conducted in pure ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Arrays of microelectrodes were used to apply forces to dielectric (soda lime glass) spheres in a thin (200 micrometer thick) layer of a dielectric liquid polymer (EOPN 8021). The microelectrodes were fabricated using ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Kirchhoff's theory for plates and Bernouilli-Euler's theory for beams ignore the effects of transverse shear and normal deformations on stresses and displacements. Various subsequent theories have incorporated these effects ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)A general constitutive framework based on continuum damage mechanics with constraints imposed by thermodynamics for composite laminates is presented. Several methods for the calculation of matrix crack and delamination ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)A work potential based analysis was used to model damage related material nonlinearities in graphite-epoxy laminates. Two work potentials were incorporated. One potential was related to sub-ply damage, such as shear banding ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)A laminated composite pressure vessel subjected to a concentrated laser ablation process has been investigated. The primary goal of this research was to investigate the role of delamination in the failure process. A layered ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)This dissertation consists of four investigations, all of which concern the effects of post cure cool down path and environmental conditioning upon the residual thermal stresses that develop in composite laminates. The ...
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(2010-10-12)This thesis presents a continuum model for asphalt concrete incorporating non- linear viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, mechanically-induced damage and moisture- induced damage. The Schapery single-integral viscoelastic ...