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This chapter reviews the author’s diversion from working with boron fiber composites to carbon fiber composites and the resulting establishment of the NASA-Virginia Tech Composites Program. Developments in test methods and free edge effects for carbon fiber composites are discussed.
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Much of the work described in this chapter can be found in the author’s book Mechanics of Fibrous Composites, John Wiley & Sons, 1998 [3], and the references cited therein Elsevier [4]. Additional references on carbon composites can be found in the authors’ publication Mechanics of composites: A historical review, Mechanics Research Communications 41 (2012) 1–20, Elsevier. The author is grateful to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for financial support, the faculty and students in the NASA-Virginia Tech Composites Program and to all the students and colleagues who he has the good fortune to be associated with over the years.
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Herakovich, C.T. (2017). Boron Fiber to Carbon Fiber. In: Beaumont, P., Soutis, C., Hodzic, A. (eds) The Structural Integrity of Carbon Fiber Composites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46120-5_3
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