SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1981
STP29312S

Cost-Effective Mechanical Property Characterization

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This paper describes current mechanical property characterization practices for advanced composites in automotive and primarily stiffness-critical aircraft secondary structure applications. The use of extensive costly test programs to develop statistically valid static and fatigue design allowables is avoided. Use is made of small property-characterization programs that make maximum use of cost-effective coupon-type specimens and that are tailored to the special application at hand.

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Suarez, JA
Structural Mechanics Section, Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, N.Y.
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Developed by Committee: D30
Pages: 208–228
DOI: 10.1520/STP29312S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4800-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0700-7