Identifying unified kinetic model parameters for thermal decomposition of polymer matrix composites

Surface Degradation of Polymer Matrix Composites Under Different Low Thermal Cycling Conditions

The principal effects of mass degradation on polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are the decay of mechanical properties such as strength, elongation, and resilience. This degradation is a common problem of the PMCs under thermal cycling conditions. In this article, composite degradation was investigated by measurement of total mass loss (TML) using the Taguchi approach. Thermal cycling tests were ...

Development of a Molecular Kinetic Model and Tuning of its Required Kinetic Parameters for Thermal Cracking of Light Hydrocarbons

Manufacturing of Polymer-matrix Composites

Open-Hole Size and Thermal Cycling Effects on Mass Loss and Surface Degradation of Polymer Matrix Composites

Degradation is a common problem for polymer matrix composites (PMCs) under low thermal cycling conditions. This paper investigates the effects of low thermal cycling on total mass loss (TML) and surface degradation of PMCs. Unnotched and open-hole specimens were weighed before and after low thermal cycling. The total mass loss and surface degradation of the specimens were studied over 250 cycle...

Kinetic study and thermal decomposition

7 Abstract 8 A systematic investigation of the thermal decomposition of viscoelastic memory 9 foam (VMF) was performed using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to obtain the 10 kinetic parameters, and thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier Transformed 11 Infrared Spectrometry (TGA-FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Mass 12 Spectrometry (TGA-MS) to obtain detailed information o...