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A New Approach to Creating Composite Materials Elastic Property Database with Uncertainty Estimation Using a Combination of Mechanical and Thermal Expansion Tests

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Author(s)

Jose D. Melo, Jeffrey Fong

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new approach to determining those five elastic constants with uncertainty bounds using the extra information obtainable from an over-determined system. The approach takes advantage of the classical theory of error propagation for which variance formulas were derived to estimate standard deviations of some of our five elastic constants. To illustrate this approach, we apply it to a set of experimental data on PEEK/IM7 unidirectional lamina.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of PVP2010
Conference Dates
July 18-22, 2010
Conference Location
Bellevue, WA, US
Conference Title
2010 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference

Keywords

composite materials, materials property database, statistical analysis

Citation

Melo, J. and Fong, J. (2010), A New Approach to Creating Composite Materials Elastic Property Database with Uncertainty Estimation Using a Combination of Mechanical and Thermal Expansion Tests, Proceedings of PVP2010, Bellevue, WA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=905376 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created July 18, 2010, Updated October 12, 2021