Method of establishing standard composite material properties
US4856335A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/048
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A standard reference deformation of a composite material containing a flowable phase and compressible inclusions, such as a prepreg, is measured as the deformation whereat the dominant compressive mode of composite deformation changes from that characteristic of compressible inclusion collapse to that characteristic of resin flow, termed the optimal consolidation deformation. Establishment of this point permits measurement and correlation of physically significant composite properties. For example, material properties of such composite materials are measured under a compressive loading by an ultrasonic transducer at the optimal consolidation deformation. At this point, normally determined to be the deformation at which the second derivative of compressive displacement falls to about zero, compressible inclusions such as voids are eliminated but the flowable phase has not yet begun to flow significantly so as to change the fractions of the phases. This technique is particularly valuable in ultrasonically measuring properties such as phase fractions of resin matrix prepreg materials wherein the resin has not been cured and readily flows, and wherein there are typically voids that int…
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