The space exposure experiment of PEEK sheets under tensile stress

JSME International Journal, Series A: Solid Mechanics and Material Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-370

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Fujita, Osamu ^a   Noguchi, Toru ^a   Imagawa, Kichiro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen; Electronic beam; High polymer materials; International Space Station; Low Earth orbit; Material testing; PEEK; Tensile properties; Ultraviolet ray

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; IRRADIATION; POLYMERS; SPACE RESEARCH; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; TEST FACILITIES; THICKNESS CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; IRRADIATION TESTS;

POLYETHER ETHER KETONES;

POLYMER;

EID: 4744373973     PISSN: 13447912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmea.47.365     Document Type: Article

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