Environmental stress cracking and solvent effects in high-performance polymeric composites

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1274, Issue , 1996, Pages 56-68

  Parvatareddy, Hari ^a,d   Heithoff, Cam ^b,d   Clifton, Anne P ^a,d   Dillard, David A ^a,d   Kander, Ronald G ^c,d  

^a Eng Sci and Mechanics Department

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Mat Sci and Engineering Department

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Design; Environmental stress cracking; Residual stresses; Solubility parameter; Solvent effects; Testing; Thermoplastic composites

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DESIGN; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING; EXTERNAL MECHANICAL LOADS; FAILURE MODES; FRACTURE SURFACES; SOLVENT EFFECTS; THERMOPLASTIC TOUGHENED THERMOSET COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; THREE POINT BENDING FLEXURE TESTS;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030206588     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16538s     Document Type: Article

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