Strain Gage Selection Criteria for Textile Composite Materials

Journal of Composites Technology and Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 152-167

  Masters, John E ^a   Ifju, Peter G ^b  

^a Lockheed Science and Engineering Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Braids; Coefficient of variation; Gage length; Modulus; Strain gage; Textile composites; Unit cell; Weaves

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEXTILE FIBERS;

VARIATION COEFFICIENT;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031192498     PISSN: 08846804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/ctr10026j     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Naik, R. A., Ifju, P. G., and Masters, J. E., "Effect of Fiber Architecture Parameters on Deformation Fields and Elastic Moduli of 2-D Braided Composites," Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 28, No. 7, 1994, pp. 656-681.
2. Hardranft, D., Parvizi-Majidi, A., and Chou, T.-W., "Testing and Characterization of Through-the-Thickness Properties of Multi-Directionally Reinforced Textile Composites," Quarterly Progress Report, NASA Advanced Composites Technology: Mechanics of Textile Composites Work Group, March 1994, pp. 219-249.
3. Masters, J. E., "Strain Gage Selection Criteria for Textile Composite Materials," NASA Contractor Report 198286, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Feb. 1996.