Chemical analysis of a field-failed composite suspension insulator

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1641-1647

  Chughtai, Abdul R ^a   Smith, Dwight M ^a   Kumosa, MacIej S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SURFACES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COMPOSITE SUSPENSION INSULATORS;

INSULATING MATERIALS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FOURIER TRANSFORM ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER;

EID: 0032193590     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00233-9     Document Type: Article

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