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Measuring Failure Stress of RTM6 Epoxy Resin under Purely Hydrostatic Tensile Stress using Constrained Tube Method

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The temperature dependence of the failure stress of RTM6 resin under nearly pure hydrostatic tension was measured for two standard curing cycles. The stress in the resin was achieved by confining the resin in capped quartz tubes while cooling from the curing temperature. The stress was estimated from the deflection of the outer wall of the quartz tube relative to its unstressed diameter assuming linear elasticity. The failure stress increased monotonically on cooling from the curing temperature and reached a maximum value of 28 MPa at 108 °C. This value is roughly consistent with the failure stress estimated from a void initiation failure criterion using room temperature tensile strength.

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This work was performed in partial fulfillment of the M.S. degree requirements for authors Jordan Kusch and Hesam Jafari. The work was supported by National Science Foundation grant CMMI-1100409, the New Hampshire Innovation Research Center, and by Albany Engineered Composites. This publication was motivated by the activities of the NIST funded Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortium “Facilitating Industry By Engineering, Roadmapping, and Science” (FIBERS).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Kingsbury Hall W101, Durham, NH, 03824, USA

    T. S. Gross, H. Jafari, J. Kusch & I. Tsukrov

  2. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, PO Box 30001 / MSC 3450, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-8001, USA

    B. Drach

  3. Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester, NH, 03867, USA

    H. Bayraktar & J. Goering

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Gross, T.S., Jafari, H., Kusch, J. et al. Measuring Failure Stress of RTM6 Epoxy Resin under Purely Hydrostatic Tensile Stress using Constrained Tube Method. Exp Tech 41, 45–50 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-016-0153-2

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