Towards stress freezing in birefringent orthotropic composite models

Chandrashekhara, K and Jacob, Abraham K and Prabhakaran, R (1977) Towards stress freezing in birefringent orthotropic composite models. In: Experimental Mechanics, 17 (8). pp. 317-320.

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Abstract

Birefringent composite models are fabricated using epoxy resin reinforced with unidirectionally oriented glass fibers. The mechanical and photoelastic properties of the material at room temperature are determined. To explore the possibility of application of stress-freezing technique to birefringent composite models, the behavior and properties of this material are studied at elevated temperature (at stress-freezing temperature of the resin). The properties of the material at room and at elevated temperatures are reported. The feasibility of stress freezing glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy composites with low-fiber-volume fraction is discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Experimental Mechanics
Publisher:	Sprigner Link
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer Link.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2010 05:07
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:50
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24427

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