Sea water effect on pinned-joint glass fibre composite materials

Composite Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Aktaş, Alaattin ^a   Uzun, Ibrahim ^b  

^a USAK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Glass fibres; Joints; Mechanical testing; Sea water

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL TESTING; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WEATHERING;

BEARING STRENGTH; EDGE DISTANCE; PIN DIAMATER; SPECIMEN WIDTH; WOVEN GLASS FIBER COMPOSITE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42649135128     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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