Hygrothermal effects on high VF pultruded unidirectional carbon/epoxy composites: Moisture uptake

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Karbhari, Vistasp M ^a   Xian, Guijun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Fyfe Company LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fiber; A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Environmental degradation; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CEMENTS; DEGRADATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DESORPTION; DETERIORATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOISTURE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMOANALYSIS; TITRATION;

A. CARBON FIBER; A. POLYMER-MATRIX-COMPOSITES; B. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FIBER CONTACTS; FIBER LOADINGS; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; HYGROTHERMAL EFFECTS; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE UPTAKES; STAGE MODELS; THREE TEMPERATURES; VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERIZATIONS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 57949110174     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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