The dimensional stability of glass-fibre reinforced polyamide 66 during hydrolysis conditioning

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-634

  Thomason, J L ^a   Ali, J Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Thermoplastic resin; B. Environmental degradation; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

A. THERMOPLASTIC RESIN; B. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; E. INJECTION MOULDING; FIBRE ORIENTATIONS; FIBRE REINFORCED; FICKIAN DIFFUSIONS; FLUID ABSORPTIONS; GLASS FIBRES; HYDROTHERMAL AGEING; IN LINES; MATRIX DEFORMATIONS; POLYAMIDE 66; POLYMER SAMPLES; STRONG CORRELATIONS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TIME-DEPENDENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; WATER-GLYCOL MIXTURES; WEIGHT CHANGES;

DEGRADATION; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESINS; SWELLING; WATER INJECTION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 64849111395     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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