Long-term environmental fatigue of pultruded glass-fiber-reinforced composites under flexural loading

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 485-495

  Liao, Kin ^a   Schultheisz, Carl R ^b   Hunston, Donald 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; FATIGUE TESTING; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PULTRUSION; VINYL RESINS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ACCELERATED AGING; BENDING FATIGUE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0344240938     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(98)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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