Glass transitions of hygrothermal aged pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer rebar by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis

Materials and Design

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 272-278

  Sawpan, Moyeenuddin Ahmad ^a   Holdsworth, Peter G ^a   Renshaw, Peter ^a  

^a Pultron Composites Limited ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Durability; Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis; Glass transition temperature; Polymer matrix composite; Pultrusion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING; AGEING TIME; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; DAMPING FACTORS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; GFRP COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL AGEING; LOSS MODULI; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

DURABILITY; DYNAMICS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PULTRUSION; THERMOANALYSIS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84862750963     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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