SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1977
STP26938S

Structural Design Significance of Tension-Tension Fatigue Data on Composites

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Constant cycle tension-tension fatigue and related static tension data have been generated on six single composite material/orientation combinations and twenty-one hybrid composite material/orientation combinations. Anomalies are related to the temperature rise and stopped interval creep, whereas endurance limit stresses (runouts) are associated with static proportional limit values, when they occur, and internal damage. The significance of these room temperature-dry data on the design allowables and weight of aerodynamic structures is discussed. Such structures are helicopter rotor blades and wing and horizontal stabilizer lower surfaces. Typical criteria for turning these data into preliminary allowables are shown, as are examples of such allowables developed from the data. These values are then compared to those that might be used if the structures were made of metal.

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Grimes, GC
Northrop Aircraft Co., Hawthorne, Calif
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Developed by Committee: D30
Pages: 106–119
DOI: 10.1520/STP26938S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4690-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-4490-3