A viscoelastic analysis of the creep behaviour of a chopped strand mat E-glass fibre reinforced vinylester resin

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-84

  Gregory A ^a   Vogel, D ^a   Beguelin Ph ^a   Gensler, R ^a   Kausch, H H ^a   Jaeger, M ^b   Van Buren, A ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Dow Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chopped strand mat; Creep behaviour; Debonding; Nonlinear power law; Vinylester resin; Viscoelastic analysis

Indexed keywords

CREEP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VINYL RESINS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHOPPED STRAND MAT; NONLINEAR POWER LAW;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0343628082     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009808808898     Document Type: Article

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