High-Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites -- Copyright -- ABSTRACT -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYNTHETIC FIBERS FOR COMPOSITES -- INTRODUCTION -- PRESENT MATERIALS: AN OVERVIEW -- CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS IN FIBER FORM -- ADVANCES IN FIBER TECHNOLOGY -- TYPES OF HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS -- FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES -- Projections for High Performance Fibers -- REFERENCES -- Other Selected References -- 2 High-Performance Fiber Materials: Applications, Needs and Opportunities -- INTRODUCTION -- HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR POLYMERIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES -- Major Current Fibers -- Properties -- Demand -- Applications -- Industrial Sources -- Industry Structure -- Market Situation -- Future Application Challenges -- HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES -- Major Current Fibers -- Industrial Sources: Industry Structure -- Future Application Challenges -- Critical Problems to be Solved for New Applications. -- HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES -- Major Current Fibers and Their Properties -- Fabrication and Application -- Industrial Sources: Industry Structure -- Future Application Challenges -- Critical Problems to be Solved for New Applications -- HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES -- Major Uses and Current Systems -- Future Application Challenges -- HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS FOR NONSTRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS -- Major Uses: Current and Projected -- Electrical and Electromagnetic Properties -- Thermal Properties -- Chemical Properties: Corrosion Resistance -- Cutting Tools -- Piezoelectric Sensing and Actuating -- REFERENCES -- 3 Fiber-Forming Processes: Current and Potential Methods -- INTRODUCTION -- PROCESSES TO FORM POLYMERIC ORGANIC FIBERS -- Introduction.

Technical Description -- Spinning of Liquid Crystalline Solutions -- Spinning of Liquid Crystalline Melts -- Gel Spinning -- "Normal" Solution Spinning -- Technical Future -- FIBER FORMATION BY PYROLYTIC CONVERSION OF PRECURSOR FIBERS -- Introduction -- Carbon Fibers -- PAN-based Carbon Fibers -- Pitch-based Carbon Fibers -- Other Precursors for Carbon Fibers -- Observations and Conclusions -- SILICON CARBIDE AND SILICON NITRIDE FIBERS -- Introduction -- Technical Description -- Technical Future -- Observations and Conclusions -- OXIDE FIBERS -- Introduction -- Polymeric Precursors -- Spinnable Salt Solutions -- Polymer-and Solution-Modified Sols and Slurries -- Microstructure Development -- Technological Future for Oxide Fibers -- CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF A PRECURSOR FIBER -- Introduction -- Boron Nitride Fiber -- Boron Carbide Fiber -- Observations and Conclusions -- CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION -- Introduction -- Technical Description -- Boron Fibers -- Silicon Carbide Fibers -- CVD Carbon Fibers -- TECHNICAL FUTURE -- Observations and Conclusions -- Single-Crystal Fibers -- Controlled Drawing from the Melt -- Vapor Growth -- Single Crystal Growth/Zone Refining -- ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES -- FIBER COATINGS -- Introduction -- Technical Description -- Electrodeposition -- Chemical Vapor Deposition -- Metallorganic Deposition -- Vacuum Deposition -- Future Fiber-Coating Technology -- Considerations Involved in Scale-up of Fiber Processing -- OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ABOUT FIBER FABRICATION AND PROCESSING -- REFERENCES -- 4 IMPORTANT ISSUES IN FIBER SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF NEEDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- The Fiber-Matrix Interface ("Interphase") and Fiber Coatings -- SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL ISSUES -- REFERENCES -- 5 IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION -- EDUCATION IN FIBER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- Academic Program Development.

Equipment Support for Teaching and Research -- Industry-University Interaction -- DOMESTIC SOURCING CONSIDERATIONS -- TECHNOLOGY EXPORT/EXPORT CONTROL -- PRODUCTION OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF SPECIALTY FIBERS -- FOREIGN COMPETITION -- CONTINUITY OF SUPPORT -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- APPENDIX Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.