Monte carlo approach to estimating the photodegradation of polymer coatings

Journal of Coatings Technology and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 483-491

  Hinderliter, Brian ^a   Croll, Stuart ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fracture toughness; Gloss; Monte Carlo; Polymer; Simulation; Wetting angle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WETTING;

PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLYMER COATINGS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; WETTING ANGLE;

ORGANIC COATINGS;

EID: 18144397517     PISSN: 15470091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02733891     Document Type: Article

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