Effect of water sorption on performance of pultruded E-glass/vinylester composites

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Chu, Wellington ^a   Karbhari, Vistasp M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Degradation; Glass; Sorption; Water

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROLYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROCRACKING; MOISTURE; SORPTION; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER;

DEIONIZED WATER; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS (DMTA); INTERFACIAL DEBONDING; VINYLESTER COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 13244288188     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2005)17:1(63)     Document Type: Article

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