Engineering - Composite Materials Handbook, Volume 1 (Polymer posites - Guidelines for Characterization of Structural Materials).pdf

NOT MEASUREMENT
SENSITIVE


MIL-HDBK-17-1F
Volume 1 of 5
17 JUNE 2002

Superseding
MIL-HDBK-17-1E
23 JANUARY 1997




DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
HANDBOOK


COMPOSITE MATERIALS HANDBOOK

VOLUME 1. POLYMER POSITES
GUIDELINES FOR CHARACTERIZATION
OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS







This handbook is for guidance only. Do not cite this document as a requirement.

AMSC N/A AREA CMPS
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.
MIL-HDBK-17-1F
Volume 1, Foreword / Table of Contents



FOREWORD


1. posite Materials Handbook Series, MIL-HDBK-17, are approved for use by all Departments
and Agencies of the Department of Defense.

2. This handbook is for guidance only. This handbook cannot be cited as a requirement. If it is, the con-
tractor does not have ply. This mandate is a DoD requirement only; it is not applicable to the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or other government agencies.

3. Every effort has been made to reflect the latest information on polymer (organic), metal, and ceramic
composites. The handbook is continually reviewed and revised to ensure pleteness and cur-
rentness. Documentation for the secretariat should be directed to: Materials Sciences Corporation,
MIL-HDBK-17 Secretariat, 500 Office Center Drive, Suite 250, Fort Washington, PA 19034.

4. MIL-HDBK-17 provides guidelines and material properties for polymer (organic), metal, and ceramic
posite materials. The first three volumes of this handbook currently focus on, but are not
limited to, posites intended for aircraft and aerospace vehicles. Metal pos-
ites (MMC) and ceramic posites (CMC), including carbon-posites (C-C) are
covered in Volume 4 and Volume 5 , respectively.

5. This standardization handbook has been developed and is being maintained as a joint effort of the
Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration