Fabrication of Curved Graphite/Epoxy Compression Test Panels and Generation of Material Properties.

摘要

This project was undertaken at the request of Dr Anthony N Palazotto of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT/ENY) and Capt Gary Seifert, a Master's degree student under Dr Palazotto, to investigate the effects on buckling behavior of centrally located delaminations in rectangular, curved, graphite/epoxy (AS4/3502) panels. This report documents the material properties data generation for this project and the fabrication of the curved test panels. The actual compression testing of the curved panels was performed under the cognizance of Capt Seifert. A summary of the entire program including the panel buckling tests is contained in Capt Seifert's Master's thesis: The Effect of Center Delamination on the Instability of Composite Cylindrical Panels, AFIT/ GAE/AA/84D-25, Dec 84.