Abstract
The compressor driving the flow in the National Transonic Facility, which is nearing completion at the Langley Research Center, has 25 fiberglass blades. E-glass cloth with a pre-impregnated epoxy resin has been selected as the material for the fan blades because of its low cost, high damping, and fatigue resistance. A complete characterization is presented of this fan blade fiberglass system at temperatures of 367 K, room temperature, and 89 K. The characterization test results suggest that the material follows the general trends of metals and other glass-reinforced plastics at cryogenic temperatures. A slight diminution in strength was observed at the elevated temperature. The tests included the following: tensile, compression, fatigue, inplane shear, interlaminar shear, thermal expansion, creep, and thermal cycle.
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