Preliminary results on thermo-oxidative ageing of multi-hole carbon/epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1427-1431

  Ammar Khodja, I ^a   Picard, C ^a   Fois, M ^b   Marais, C ^c   Netchitailo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composite; B. Environmental degradation; B. Matrix cracking; B. Mechanical properties; B. Weight loss

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITE; B. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; B. MATRIX CRACKING; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; B. WEIGHT LOSS;

DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; LAMINATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

AGING; CRACKING; DEGRADATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; PLASTIC; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67349280854     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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