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AssigneesThe University of Southern Mississippi, The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsJeffrey Wiggins, James Rawlins, Richard Ferguson, Olivia McNair, John Kent Newman, Todd S. Rushing, Catherine S. Stephens, Genevieve Pezzola, Hayden Hanna, Travis Thornell
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A composite panel holder having a plurality of layers, wherein each layer is a fiber matrix tape including a plurality of fibers immobilized in a matrix of a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer, and each layer is oriented at a different angle but in a same plane relative to a layer it is in direct contact with; and wherein the composite panel holder comprises six portions oriented in different directions, as viewed along a longitudinal axis of the panel holder. A method of preparing the composite panel holder that includes impregnating a plurality of fibers in a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer to form a matrix of fibers in the polymer, forming the matrix into a plurality of unidirectional tapes, stacking the tapes to form a composite structural panel with each of the tapes oriented in a different direction from adjacent tapes; and pressing the structural panel with a thermoforming press.
A composite panel holder comprising:
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