Abstract
Because of their high strengths, high stiffnesses, and light weight, high performance composites have seen increasing use as aerospace materials. These materials, including aramid and graphite fibers in an epoxy matrix, are candidates for the truss structure members in the proposed space station. It is the purpose of this project to subject these candidate materials to various states of stress and study their response and mechanisms of failure. Specimens are also subjected to simulated space environments, such as thermal cycling and atomic oxygen bombardment, to examine the damage that will occur in space and how this affects the material properties.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | p282 |
| State | Published - 1989 |
| Event | High Technology Conference on High Temperature Polymers and Their Uses - Cleveland, OH, USA Duration: Oct 2 1989 → Oct 4 1989 |
Conference
| Conference | High Technology Conference on High Temperature Polymers and Their Uses |
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| City | Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Period | 10/2/89 → 10/4/89 |