| Abstract: | Research on the effect of technological factors on the strength of reinforced-plastics structures is reviewed. Attention is concentrated on structures in the form of bodies of revolution fabricated by the winding technique. The influence of the winding parameters and the curing regime on the residual stresses is discussed. Data on the variation of the mechanical properties of the resin in the course of the curing process are examined. The contributions of chemical and thermal shrinkage to residual stress formation are compared. Methods of reducing the residual stresses are considered.Presented at the 2nd All-Union Conference on Polymer Mechanics, Riga, November 10–12, 1971.Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 529–540, May–June, 1972. |
