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Heat Damage Assessment for Naval Aircraft Composites
Heat Damage Assessment for Naval Aircraft Composites Author:Roland Cochran, Henry McShane, El Sayed Arafat, Philip McLaughlin, Kevin Miller This is a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIV PATUXENT RIVER MD report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A095073. The ab... more »stract provided by the Pentagon follows: This report presents results of work funded by the Office of Naval Research to study heat damage in organic matrix composites. The results presented in this report identify the mechanisms of heat damage, and the effects on physical and mechanical properties of composites subjected to high temperatures. A model to describe the heat damage process is presented, and a methodology to determine composite damage is supplied. In addition, specimens and data from this effort were supplied to government and private industry groups developing nondestructive evaluation techniques for heat damage evaluation in naval aircraft.« less