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Static And Fatigue Failure Response Of Woven Carbon Fiber Specimens With Double Edge Notches, Ahmad J. Amini
Static And Fatigue Failure Response Of Woven Carbon Fiber Specimens With Double Edge Notches, Ahmad J. Amini
Master's Theses
Carbon fiber composites are continually seeing increased use in aerospace applications. It is necessary to understand their failure modes in order to properly design and perform analysis on structures constructed primarily from them. This thesis studies woven carbon fiber composites with and without double-edge notches in a series of static and fatigue tests performed on an Instron 8801 servo-hydraulic testing system.
Specimens were constructed of Advanced Composites Group product # LTM45EL woven carbon fiber pre-preg/epoxy and were cut to approximately 9-inch in length and 1-inch in width. Notches were cut into some of the specimens using a slitting saw blade …