Weight-change analysis of the interphase in hygrothermally aged FRP: Consideration of debonding

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 985-990

  Morii, Tohru ^a   Ikuta, Nobuo ^a   Kiyosumi, Kenji ^b   Hamada, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debonding; Hygrothermal aging; Interphase; Water penetration; Weight change

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BINDERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; WATER; WEIGHING;

DEBONDING; HYGROTHERMAL AGING; WATER RESISTANCE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AGEING; COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 0031205789     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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