Measurement of epoxy resin tension, compression, and shear stress-strain curves over a wide range of strain rates using small test specimens

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-173

  Littell, Justin D ^a   Ruggeri, Charles R ^a   Goldberg, Robert K ^b   Roberts, Gary D ^b   Arnold, William A ^a   Binienda, Wieslaw K ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive models; Epoxy resins; Material properties; Material tests; Measurement; Polymers; Strain rate; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; BALLISTIC IMPACT TESTING; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE (CFC); COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES; CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING; ENGINE FAILURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); IN ORDER; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL RESPONSE; NEXT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; RESIN MATRICES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); STRESS STRAIN CURVE (SSC); TEMPERATURE CHAMBER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TEST PROCEDURES; TEST SPECIMENS; TORSIONAL LOADINGS; WIDE-RANGE;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMPRESSION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; EPOXY RESINS; FIBER OPTICS; INGESTION (ENGINES); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMECHANICS; PAINTING; RANGE FINDING; RESINS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEARING MACHINES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TEMPERATURE; TESTING; TEXTILE FIBERS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 45749090955     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2008)21:3(162)     Document Type: Article

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