Going to Extremes:

Meeting the Emerging Demand for Durable Polymer Matrix Composites

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Committee on Durability and Life Prediction of Polymer Matrix Composites in Extreme Environments, National Research Council
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Advanced polymer matrix composites (PMC) have many advantages such as light weight and high specific strength that make them useful for many aerospace applications. Enormous uncertainty exists, however, in predicting long-term changes in properties of PMCs under extreme environmental ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-3	(skim)
1 Background and Overview	4-15	(skim)
2 Composite Properties and Behavior	16-25	(skim)
3 A Team Strategy	26-30	(skim)
4 Roadmapping	31-34	(skim)
5 The Importance of Data	35-40	(skim)
6 A Path Forward	41-44	(skim)
Appendix A Committee Members	45-49	(skim)
Appendix B Frequently Used Abbreviations	50-50	(skim)
Appendix C Why Polymers Are More Susceptible Than Other Materials to Environmental Damage	51-53	(skim)
Appendix D Organizations Interested in Damage in Composite Materials	54-55	(skim)
Appendix E Survey of Some Computational Models for Failure, Damage, and Degradation in Composite Materials	56-63	(skim)
Appendix F Roadmapping Process	64-65	(skim)
Appendix G Attendees at the July 2004 Workshop	66-68	(skim)

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Advanced polymer matrix composites (PMC) have many advantages such as light weight and high specific strength that make them useful for many aerospace applications. Enormous uncertainty exists, however, in predicting long-term changes in properties of PMCs under extreme environmental conditions, which has limited their use. To help address this issue, the Department of Defense requested a study from the NRC to identify the barriers and limitations to the use of PMCs in extreme environments. The study was to focus on issues surrounding methodologies for predicting long-term performance. This report provides a review of the challenges facing application of PMCs in extreme environments, the current understanding of PMC properties and behavior, an analysis of the importance of data in developing effective models, and recommendations for improving long-term predictive methodologies.

Going to Extremes:

Meeting the Emerging Demand for Durable Polymer Matrix Composites

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