Hydrothermal ageing of glass fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites : a review
Thomason, James and Xypolias, Georgios (2023) Hydrothermal ageing of glass fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites : a review. Polymers, 15 (4). 835. ISSN 2073-4360 (https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040835)
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Abstract
The use of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites in load carrying constructions has significantly increased over the last decades. Such GFRP composite structures may undergo significant changes in performance as a consequence of long-term environmental exposure. Vinyl ester (VE) resins are a class of thermosetting polymer increasingly being used in such structural composites. This increasing use of VE-based GFRPs in such applications has led to an increasing need to better understand the consequences of long-term environmental exposure on their performance. The reliable validation of the environmental durability new VE-based GFRPs can be a time and resource consuming process involving costly testing programs. Accelerated hydrothermal ageing is often used in these investigations. This paper reviews the relevant literature on the hydrothermal ageing of vinyl ester based GFRP with special attention to the fundamental background of moisture induced ageing of GFRP, the important role of voids, and the fibre-matrix interface, on composite mechanical performance.
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Thomason, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-3793 and Xypolias, Georgios;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 84085 Dates: DateEvent8 February 2023Published4 February 2023AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery Department: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 08 Feb 2023 13:28 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 13:47 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/84085