SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1975
STP32336S

Tensile Properties of an Ultrahigh-Strength Graphite Fiber in an Epoxy Matrix

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The fiber performance and potential as a reinforcement for fiber composites of a special PAN-based graphite fiber were evaluated by testing the fiber's tensile properties in an epoxy matrix. Representative strand samples were taken from 30 spools (∼4 kg) of single-end, 1500-filament fiber to make over 5000 fiber-epoxy strand specimens using the filament-winding process. Characteristics studied were fiber uniformity, strength and modulus distributions at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures, stress-strain behavior, the effect of strain rate on fiber strength, and acoustic emission during tensile loading to failure. The fiber was found to have a 3570-MPa (517 ksi) failure stress, a 1.7 percent failure strain, a 206-GPa (30 × 106 psi) modulus, and a density of 1.77 Mg/m3 at 23 °C (73 °F). Liquid nitrogen temperature and various strain rates had no significant effect on fiber tensile properties.

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Chiao, TT
University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.
Hamstad, MA
University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.
Jessop, ES
University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.
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Developed by Committee: D30
Pages: 612–620
DOI: 10.1520/STP32336S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4660-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0309-2