Historically, utilization of structural plastics in aircraft dates back to 1930's, however, even prior to that time, related materials such as laminated wood and doped muslin had been used in aircraft construction; earliest reinforced plastics were phenol-formaldehyde resins with cord, fabric, or paper reinforcements; breakthrough in reinforced plastics for aircraft use came with development of unsaturated polyester resins in 1942; development in use of reinforced plastics for aircraft and spacecraft are traced.
Historical background of reinforced plastics in aerospace vehicles
Chem Eng Progress Symposium Ser
Chemical Engineering Progress Symposium Series ; 59 , n 40
1963
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Reinforced plastics -- Materials design handbook for aerospace vehicles
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
|APPLICATIONS FOR PLASTICS IN AEROSPACE RE-ENTRY VEHICLES
NTRS | 1963
|