Moisture diffusion in glass-fiber-reinforced polymer composite bridge under hot/wet environment

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 407-416

  Jiang, Xu ^a   Kolstein, Henk ^a   Bijlaard, Frans S K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Environmental degradation; C. Analytical modeling; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE LAYERS; FE DIFFUSION; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FRP COMPOSITE; LEAST SQUARE CURVE FITTING; LIFE-TIMES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; MOISTURE EFFECTS; MOISTURE UPTAKE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); TEST SPECIMENS;

ADHESIVES; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANALYTICAL MODELS; BRIDGE DECKS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE BRIDGES; DIFFUSION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; RESEARCH; STEEL BRIDGES;

MOISTURE;

EID: 84869494428     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.04.067     Document Type: Article

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