Post-curing effects on marine VARTM FRP composite material properties for test and implementation

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Cain, Jason J ^a   Post, Nathan L ^a   Lesko, John J ^a   Case, Scott W ^a   Lin, Yin Nian ^b   Riffle, Judy S ^b   Hess, Paul E ^c  

^a Materials Response Group   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Conversion; FTIR; Postcure; VARTM; Vinyl ester

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STRAIN;

POSTCURE; PSEUDO-QUASI-ISOTROPIC; VACUUM-ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM);

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33645697225     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2128425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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