The effect of water immersion ageing on low-velocity impact behaviour of woven aramid-glass fibre/epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 2271-2278

  Imielińska, Krystyna ^a   Guillaumat, Laurent ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

A. Aramid fibre; B. Durability; B. Hygrothermal effect; B. Impact behaviour; D. Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EPOXY RESINS; FABRICS; VELOCITY CONTROL; WATER ABSORPTION;

ARAMID-GLASS; IMPACT DAMAGE; LOW VELOCITY; WATER IMMERSION;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AGING; ARAMID FIBER; EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WOVEN FABRIC;

EID: 3042749208     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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