Determining the effect of seawater on the interfacial strength of an interlayer E-glass-graphite/epoxy composite using observations of transverse cracking made in-situ in an environmental SEM /
after they reached saturation. Observations revealed that
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | after they reached saturation. Observations revealed that applications. In an effort to understand the failure at the fiber/matrix interface revealed several interesting change from tensile to compressive. Assuming a constant composites, a program has been developed to determine the condition, after they reached saturation, and eight months content and with increased aging time- damage initiated at the boundary of resin rich regions determined before composites are used in offshore different lengths of time. Specimens were tested in give transverse cracking to increase with increased moisture grow outside of resin rich regions, moisture actually helped hybrid composite which has been exposed to seawater for two in a cost effective manner, the use of composites as risers initiate damage in conditioned specimens. As this was not interfacial strength (normal to the fiber) of an interlayer interfacial strength, this should make it more difficult to is under investigation. Presently, the long-term effects of microscope. The specimens were tested in the as-received obtained using linear superposition to determine the stress ocean at depths of 2000 m and greater. In order to do this on the interfacial strength. However, as the damage tried to regardless of the conditioning process. Analytical results scenario and to determine the effects of seawater on seawater on composites are unknown. These effects must be the case, moisture appeared to have a slight degrading effect the hydrothermal residual stresses in an inhomogeneity The oil industry is interested in drilling for oil in the things. For example, as moisture is added to a composite, to arrest the damage growth, causing the mechanical stress to transverse tension in an environmental scanning electron |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Mechanical Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 103 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |