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PAPERBACK list:$21.00 Web:$18.90 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Going to Extremes: Meeting the Emerging Demand for Durable Polymer Matrix Composites The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs Other Related Titles High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites (2005) National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 53   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendixes Page 53 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-5) 1 High-Performance Fiber Technology (6-17) 2 Fibers in Composites (18-27) 3 The High-Performance Fiber Industries (28-35) 4 Opportunities for DoD-Sponsored Research (36-49) 5 Conclusions and Recommendations (50-52) Appendix A: Common Acronyms (53-56) Appendix B: Committee Members (57-58)

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High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites Appendixes

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High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites Appendix A Common Acronyms AFRP aramid fiber reinforced plastics ARL Army Research Laboratory ARO Army Research Office ATP automated tow placement CAD/CAE computer-aided design and computer-aided engineering CFRP carbon fiber reinforced plastics CTA Collaborative Technology Alliance DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DoD Department of Defense FAA Federal Aviation Administration FCS Future Combat System GFRP glass fiber reinforced plastics ILSS interlaminar shear strength ISS interfacial shear strength kpsi thousand pounds per square inch LCP liquid crystalline polyester LOI limiting oxygen index MALDI matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Mpsi million pounds per square inch MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative MWNT multi-walled nanotubes NFT New Fiber Technology NRC National Research Council OFW Objective Force Warrior

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High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites PAN polyacrylonitrile PBO poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) PBZT polyphenylene benzobisthiazole PE polyethylene PIPD poly{2,6-diimidazo[4,5-b:4’,5’-e]pyridinylene-1,4-(2,5-dihydroxy)phenylene} PMC polymer matrix composite RTM resin transfer molding SACMA Suppliers of Advanced Composite Materials Association SAF special acrylic fiber SAMPE Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering SWNT single-walled nanotube UHMPE ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene UV ultraviolet VARTM vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding

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fiber reinforced