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Non-Hookean Behaviour of Strong Carbon Fibres

Nature volume 220, pages 1024–1025 (1968)Cite this article

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FOLLOWING the work of Watt, Phillips and Johnson1, carbon fibres of very high axial stiffness and strength have been prepared at AERE, Harwell. There is an appreciable increase in the apparent modulus of these fibres as a tensile load is applied, and this observation applies both to fibres of type I, heat treated at 2,600° C and with a modulus ∼3.8 × 1012 dynes/cm2 and to those of type II, heat treated at 1,500° C, and with a modulus ∼2.7 × 1012 dynes/cm2 (compare refs. 2 and 3).

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  1. Nondestructive Testing Centre, AERE, Harwell, Berkshire

    G. J. CURTIS, J. M. MILNE & W. N. REYNOLDS

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CURTIS, G., MILNE, J. & REYNOLDS, W. Non-Hookean Behaviour of Strong Carbon Fibres. Nature 220, 1024–1025 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201024a0

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