Abstract
This paper presents a new type of material system that shows great promise for aerospace applications. The concept consists of thin sheets of titanium bonded together with a polymer composite prepreg consisting of a high temperature resin reinforced with high or intermediate modulus fibers. The potential material performance is outstanding in terms of in-plane fatigue and fracture. As with all composite materials, the exact moduli and strength can be optimized for a given application by varying the constituents, their volume fractions and, in the case of the reinforcing fibers, their orientation. The paper includes analytical studies as well as experimental results.
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