Date of Award
Spring 1987
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Stango, R. J.
Second Advisor
Weber, R.
Third Advisor
Nigro, N. J.
Abstract
Development of advanced composite materials has been important for automotive and aerospace applications. These advanced aerospace materials characteristically have high strength-to-weight ratios and exhibit viscoelastic behavior. In this research, a data approximation method for these time-temperature dependent composite materials was developed. This method provides accurate series approximations for both compliance and relaxation tensors, and a compliance/relaxation interconversion process. The method is applied to isotropic, transversely isotropic, and anisotropic material data.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, Corwin R., "Data Approximation for Time-Temperature Dependent Advanced Composite Materials" (1987). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 4597.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/4597