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A Weibull characterization for tensile fracture of multicomponent brittle fibersNecessary to the development and understanding of brittle fiber reinforced composites is a means to statistically describe fiber strength and strain-to-failure behavior. A statistical characterization for multicomponent brittle fibers is presented. The method, which is an extension of usual Weibull distribution procedures, statistically considers the components making up a fiber (e.g., substrate, sheath, and surface) as separate entities and taken together as in a fiber. Tensile data for silicon carbide fiber and for an experimental carbon-boron alloy fiber are evaluated in terms of the proposed multicomponent Weibull characterization.
Document ID
19780040983
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Barrows, R. G.
(NASA Lewis Research Center; U.S. Army, Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratory, Cleveland Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1977
Subject Category
Composite Materials
Meeting Information
Meeting: Fall Metals Conference
Location: Chicago, IL
Start Date: October 24, 1977
End Date: October 27, 1977
Sponsors: Metallurgical Society of AIME
Accession Number
78A24892
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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