ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Specimens, cut from a commercially produced epoxide resin reinforced by layers of glass cloth, were tested in tension at various strain-rates and temperatures, and at various orientations of the fibres to the tensile axis. Results are presented for elastic moduli, yield and fracture stresses, and elongations. These results give ample evidence of a decrease in the effectiveness of the reinforcement as deformation proceeds. Strain-ratechange tests show that the rate sensitivity of the composite rises rapidly as the strain increases beyond a critical value, which also indicates that the behaviour is increasingly governed by the properties of the matrix.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00551887
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