Seawater durability of epoxy/vinyl ester reinforced with glass/carbon composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1491-1499

  Narasimha Murthy, H N ^a   Sreejith, M ^a   Krishna, M ^a   Sharma, S C ^b   Sheshadri, T S ^b  

^a R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Seawater degradation

Indexed keywords

AGING RESPONSE; CARBON/EPOXY; ESTER COMPOSITES; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; GLASS/EPOXY; GLASS/VINYL ESTER; INITIAL STAGES; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER UPTAKE;

BENDING STRENGTH; DEGRADATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OCEAN STRUCTURES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SEAWATER; SHEAR STRENGTH;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77953010896     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684409335451     Document Type: Article

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