High-performance synthetic fibers for composites : report of the Committee on High-Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites / National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on High-Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.
Description
1 online resource (145 p.)

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Subject(s)
Series
Publication NMAB ; 458. [More in this series]
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Language note
English
Contents
  • High-Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites
  • Copyright
  • ABSTRACT
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Contents
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 1 HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYNTHETIC FIBERS FOR COMPOSITES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PRESENT MATERIALS: AN OVERVIEW
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS IN FIBER FORM
  • ADVANCES IN FIBER TECHNOLOGY
  • TYPES OF HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS
  • FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES
  • Projections for High Performance Fibers
  • REFERENCES
  • Other Selected References
  • 2 High-Performance Fiber Materials: Applications, Needs and Opportunities
  • HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR POLYMERIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES
  • Major Current Fibers
  • Properties
  • Demand
  • Applications
  • Industrial Sources
  • Industry Structure
  • Market Situation
  • Future Application Challenges
  • HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
  • Industrial Sources: Industry Structure
  • Critical Problems to be Solved for New Applications.
  • HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES
  • Major Current Fibers and Their Properties
  • Fabrication and Application
  • Critical Problems to be Solved for New Applications
  • HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES
  • Major Uses and Current Systems
  • HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR NONSTRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS
  • Major Uses: Current and Projected
  • Electrical and Electromagnetic Properties
  • Thermal Properties
  • Chemical Properties: Corrosion Resistance
  • Cutting Tools
  • Piezoelectric Sensing and Actuating
  • 3 Fiber-Forming Processes: Current and Potential Methods
  • PROCESSES TO FORM POLYMERIC ORGANIC FIBERS
  • Introduction.
  • Technical Description
  • Spinning of Liquid Crystalline Solutions
  • Spinning of Liquid Crystalline Melts
  • Gel Spinning
  • Normal" Solution Spinning
  • Technical Future
  • FIBER FORMATION BY PYROLYTIC CONVERSION OF PRECURSOR FIBERS
  • Introduction
  • Carbon Fibers
  • PAN-based Carbon Fibers
  • Pitch-based Carbon Fibers
  • Other Precursors for Carbon Fibers
  • Observations and Conclusions
  • SILICON CARBIDE AND SILICON NITRIDE FIBERS
  • OXIDE FIBERS
  • Polymeric Precursors
  • Spinnable Salt Solutions
  • Polymer-and Solution-Modified Sols and Slurries
  • Microstructure Development
  • Technological Future for Oxide Fibers
  • CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF A PRECURSOR FIBER
  • Boron Nitride Fiber
  • Boron Carbide Fiber
  • CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
  • Boron Fibers
  • Silicon Carbide Fibers
  • CVD Carbon Fibers
  • TECHNICAL FUTURE
  • Single-Crystal Fibers
  • Controlled Drawing from the Melt
  • Vapor Growth
  • Single Crystal Growth/Zone Refining
  • ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES
  • FIBER COATINGS
  • Electrodeposition
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Metallorganic Deposition
  • Vacuum Deposition
  • Future Fiber-Coating Technology
  • Considerations Involved in Scale-up of Fiber Processing
  • OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ABOUT FIBER FABRICATION AND PROCESSING
  • 4 IMPORTANT ISSUES IN FIBER SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF NEEDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
  • The Fiber-Matrix Interface ("Interphase") and Fiber Coatings
  • SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL ISSUES
  • 5 IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUES
  • EDUCATION IN FIBER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Academic Program Development.
  • Equipment Support for Teaching and Research
  • Industry-University Interaction
  • DOMESTIC SOURCING CONSIDERATIONS
  • TECHNOLOGY EXPORT/EXPORT CONTROL
  • PRODUCTION OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF SPECIALTY FIBERS
  • FOREIGN COMPETITION
  • CONTINUITY OF SUPPORT
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • APPENDIX Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.
ISBN
  • 1-282-08105-5
  • 9786612081057
  • 0-309-58285-7
  • 0-585-01632-1
OCLC
  • 44958486
  • 923263326
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