Effects of environmental aging on the properties of pultruded GFRP

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 485-493

  Liao, K ^a   Schultheisz, C R ^b   Hunston, D L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BENDING STRENGTH; DURABILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBERS; PULTRUSION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL AGING; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED VINY ESTER MATRIX COMPOSITE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032598239     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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