Behaviours of glass fibre/unsaturated polyester composites under seawater environment

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1337-1340

  Gu, Huang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEA WATERS; GLASS FIBRES; MOISTURE ABSORPTIONS; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; SEAWATER ENVIRONMENTS; UNSATURATED POLYESTERS; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN INFUSIONS;

BENDING STRENGTH; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESINS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

SEAWATER;

EID: 57249108328     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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