Accession Number:

ADA370590

Title:

Heat Damage Assessment for Naval Aircraft Composites

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept

Corporate Author:

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIV PATUXENT RIVER MD

Personal Author(s):

• McShane, Henry
• Arafat, El Sayed
• McLaughlin, Philip
• Cochran, Roland
• Miller, Kevin

Report Date:

1999-09-07

Pagination or Media Count:

189.0

Abstract:

This report presents results of work funded by the Office of Naval Research to study heat damage in organic matrix composites. The results presented in this report identify the mechanisms of heat damage, and the effects on physical and mechanical properties of composites subjected to high temperatures. A model to describe the heat damage process is presented, and a methodology to determine composite damage is supplied. In addition, specimens and data from this effort were supplied to government and private industry groups developing nondestructive evaluation techniques for heat damage evaluation in naval aircraft.

Descriptors:

• *EXPOSURE(GENERAL)
• *DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
• *NAVAL AIRCRAFT
• *HEAT
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• NAVAL RESEARCH

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE