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Effects of fatigue and environment on residual strengths of center-cracked graphite/epoxy buffer strip panelsThe effects of fatigue, moisture conditioning, and heating on the residual tension strengths of center-cracked graphite/epoxy buffer strip panels were evaluated using specimens made with T300/5208 graphite epoxy in a 16-ply quasi-isotropic layup, with two different buffer strip materials, Kevlar-49 or S-glass. It was found that, for panels subjected to fatigue loading, the residual strengths were not significantly affected by the fatigue loading, the number of repetitions of the loading spectrum, or the maximum strain level. The moisture conditioning reduced the residual strengths of the S-glass buffer strip panels by 10 to 15 percent below the ambient results, but increased the residual strengths of the Kevlar-49 buffer strip panels slightly. For both buffer strip materials, the heat increased the residual strengths of the buffer strip panels slightly over the ambient results.
Document ID
19890053566
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bigelow, Catherine A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Experimental Mechanics
Volume: 29
ISSN: 0014-4851
Subject Category
Structural Mechanics
Accession Number
89A40937
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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