Effects of ultraviolet radiation on morphology and thermo-mechanical properties of shape memory polymer based syntactic foam

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1525-1533

  Xu, Tao ^a,b   Li, Guoqiang ^b,c   Pang, Su Seng ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Foam; A. Smart material; B. Environmental degradation; B. Thermomechanical

Indexed keywords

A. FOAM; ACCELERATED AGING; B. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTACK; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; RAIN WATER; SATURATED SALT WATER; SELF-HEALING; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SHAPE RECOVERY; SHAPE-MEMORY MATERIALS; STRESS CONDITION; SYNTACTIC FOAMS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; ULTRA-VIOLET; WATER IMMERSION;

RADIATION EFFECTS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SYNTACTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FOAMS;

EID: 80052026489     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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