Durability of pultruded glass-fiber-reinforced polyester profiles for structural applications

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-338

  Correia, J R ^a   Cabral Fonseca, S ^b   Branco, F A ^b   Ferreira, J G ^a   Eusebio M I ^b   Rodrigues, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Environmental degradation; Glass fiber reinforced polyester; Mechanical properties; Physical properties; Pultrusion

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DURABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PULTRUSION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONDENSATION CHAMBER; DURABILITY TESTS; GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED POLYESTER;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 33748938053     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-006-0042-3     Document Type: Article

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