Hygrothermic behaviour of carbon/vinylester, glass/vinylester, carbon/epoxy and glass/epoxy composites

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-103

  Muthirakkal, Sreejith ^a   Narasimha Murthy, H N R ^a   Krishna, Munishamaiah ^a   Rai, Kudamara S ^b   Karippal, Jeena J ^a  

^a R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Hygrothermic ageing; Mechanical properties; Polymer composites; SEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON/EPOXY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FICK'S LAW OF DIFFUSION; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER COMPOSITES; SEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; VINYL ESTERS;

ABSORPTION; BENDING STRENGTH; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DIFFUSION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MOISTURE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77949357915     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 10261265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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