Accession Number:

AD0612049

Title:

IMPACT STUDIES ON ABLATION-RESISTANT COMPOSITES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA MISSILE AND SPACE DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Schmidt,G. A.
• Flom,D. G.
• Geib,T. F.
• Fries,J. C.
• Lucy,F. A.

Report Date:

1965-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

The evaluation of composite configurations by the flying target technique is discussed. The critical impact pressure for epoxy-neoprane foam rubber-aluminum composite was found to be 2.6 kb. The critical impact pressure for pyrolytic graphite surface nucleatedneoprane foam rubber-aluminum composite was also found to be in the range of 2.6 kb. It was established that the substrates have a large influence on the critical impact pressure of the composites. Author

Descriptors:

• (*COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• SHOCK RESISTANCE)
• (*IMPACT SHOCK
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS)
• EPOXY RESINS
• SYNTHETIC RUBBER
• FOAM RUBBER
• ALUMINUM
• PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE
• SILICONE PLASTICS
• PRESSURE
• EQUATIONS OF STATE
• PHENOLIC PLASTICS
• SHOCK WAVES
• ABLATION
• REENTRY VEHICLES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE