Investigating the coupled effects of temperature and strain rate for airship envelope composites: Tensile performance and stress relaxation behavior

Wencheng Pan, Xinyuan Bai, Boyu Zhang, Chentong Gao, Huiyu Sun, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, s Republic of China

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Published online on May 25, 2026

Abstract

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The airship envelope composites (AEC) play a crucial role in determining the airship’s payload capacity, operation stability and service life. This paper focuses on investigating the effects of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical properties of ...