Long-Term Chemical Resistance of Ecological Epoxy Polymer Composites

Predicting the Long Term Life of Polymer Composites Using Time Temperature Shift Factor (TTSF)

The use of Carbon Fiber–Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) has increased in number of industries i.e. aerospace, automobiles, marine, medical and sports due to their light weight and high strength-stiffness. However, their properties are greatly affected under extreme e environmental conditions i.e. high temperatures and moisture uptake. The paper reports an experimental study to determine the response...

Development, Testing and characterization of Epoxy-Cotton Fiber - Polymer Composites

Natural fibers have been used to reinforce materials for many years. More currently they have been employed in combination with plastics. Many types of natural fibers have been investigated for use in plastics including flax, hemp, jute, cotton and banana. Natural fibers have the advantage that they are renewable resources and have marketing appeal. These agricultural wastes can be used to prep...

Long-Term Ecological Monitoring

the impact resistance of fiber-reinforced polymer composites: a review

fiber reinforced composites are widely used instead of traditional materials in various technological applications. therefore, by considering the extensive applications of these materials, a proper knowledge of their impact behavior (from low- to high-velocity) as well as their static behavior is necessary. in order to study the effects of strain rates on the behavior of these materials, specia...

Determination of Time-temperature Shift Factor for Long-term Life Prediction of Polymer Composites

K. Fukushima*, H. Cai**, M. Nakada*** and Y. Miyano*** * Graduate School, Kanazawa Institute of Technology 7-1 Ohgigaoka, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8501, Japan [email protected] ** School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University 28 Xianningxi Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi,710049, China *** Materials System Research Laboratory, Kanazawa Institute of Technology 3-1 Yatsu...