The effect of moisture absorption on the physical properties of polyurethane shape memory polymer foams

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Ya Jen ^a   Hearon, Keith ^a   Wilson, Thomas S ^b   Maitland, Duncan J ^a,b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE STRAIN; FAILURE STRESS; HUMIDITY EXPOSURES; HUMIDITY LEVELS; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; MOISTURE EXPOSURE; PLASTICIZATION EFFECTS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; STRESS/STRAIN; WATER UPTAKE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTICITY; GLASS TRANSITION; INVESTMENTS; MOISTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TENSILE TESTING;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 79961054154     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/8/085010     Document Type: Article

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