Behavior of an aramid fiber under uniform compression

✍ Scribed by Steven J. Deteresa; Richard J. Farris; Roger S. Porter

• Book ID: 104510926
• Publisher: Society for Plastic Engineers
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 201 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0272-8397
• DOI: 10.1002/pc.750030202

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A new method of applying small (<3 percent) and uniform compressive strains to organic fibers by shrinkage of a surrounding polymer matrix is reported. The results of this matrix‐induced compression on the morphology and tensile properties of Kevlar fiber are examined.