Abstract: | A nondestructive method of checking the strength of glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) in finished products is proposed. This method is based on the correlation, investigated by the authors, between the modulus of elasticity and the compressive strength determined by a standard method. Various orientations in the plane of reinforcement of glass-reinforced plastics with different ratios of the orthogonally arranged fibers are investigated. It is proposed to determine the modulus of elasticity from the propagation velocity of an ultrasonic pulse measured under conditions of one-sided access to the surface of the product."Ritm" Research-Production Association, Leningrad. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 909–919, September–October, 1974. |