Ageing of pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer composites exposed to combined environmental agents

Composite Structures

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1019-1026

  Carra, Guglielmo ^a   Carvelli, Valter ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Durability; Glass fibres; Pultruded profiles

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BENDING TESTS; DURABILITY; GLASS FIBERS; POLYESTERS; REINFORCEMENT;

AGEING; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PULTRUDED PROFILES; SHEAR STRENGTH TESTS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84896927807     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2013.10.042     Document Type: Article

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