Seawater ageing of low styrene emission resins for marine composites: Mechanical behaviour and nano-indentation studies

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1024-1032

  Maurin, Romain ^a   Perrot, Yves ^b   Bourmaud, Alain ^a   Davies, Peter ^c   Baley, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Environmental degradation; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ACCELERATED AGEING; B. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; DIFFUSION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; FAILURE STRAIN; GLASS REINFORCED COMPOSITES; MARINE COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NATURAL SEA WATER; POLYESTER RESIN; PROPERTY LOSS; STYRENE EMISSION; TENSILE LOADING; VINYL ESTER RESIN;

DEGRADATION; ESTERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; NANOINDENTATION; RESINS; SEAWATER; STANDARDS; STYRENE; VINYL RESINS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 67651065463     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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