The thermo-mechanical performance of glass-fibre reinforced polyamide 66 during glycol-water hydrolysis conditioning

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 820-826

  Thomason, J L ^a   Ali, J Z ^a   Anderson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Environmental degradation; B. Thermomechanical; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE POLYMER; E.INJECTION MOULDING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIBRE REINFORCED; GLASS FIBRES; GLYCOL-WATER; GLYCOL-WATER MIXTURE; HYDROTHERMAL AGEING; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYAMIDE 66; POLYMER SAMPLES; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMO-MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE;

CHARPY IMPACT TESTING; DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS FIBERS; GLYCOLS; INJECTION MOLDING; WATER INJECTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77951257898     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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