Durability Characterization of High Temperature Polymer Matrix - Carbon Fiber Composites for Future Air Force Applications

摘要

Potential critical physical and chemical aging mechanisms in terms of damage initiation and propagation of bismaleimide, BMI and polymide, PI, - carbon fiber composites in future aerospace stress, time temperature moisture chemical service environments will be characterized. This characterization will be conducted on the molecular, microscopic and macroscopic structural levels in order to develop structural performance phase diagrams for mechanics model- structural design analyses and associated materials structural optimization at all dimensional levels.