Influence of water absorption on transverse tensile properties and shear fracture toughness of glass/polypropylene

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1004-1019

  Davies, Peter ^a   Pomies, Frederic ^b   Carlsson, Leif A ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b European Development Center   (France)

^c Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

DISTILLED WATER; IMMERSION; SHEAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SOFTENING; TRANSVERSE TENSILE PROPERTIES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0000756459     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603000903     Document Type: Article

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