Browsing by Subject "Fibrous composites"
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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. Libraries, 1992)Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are currently receiving much interest in the materials community. These materials may be engineered to specific design needs by varying the reinforcement material and morphology. The primary ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)Opening, shearing and combined mode fracture tests were conducted with long rectangular strips of plexiglas clamped on the long edges and containing centered and off-centered cracks. The critical stress intensity factors, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)A cumulative damage model for predicting the stiffness loss in crossply graphite/epoxy laminates is obtained by applying a thermomechanical constitutive theory for elastic composites with distributed damage. The model ...