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- Title
Hydrothermal Ageing of Glass Fibre Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites: A Review.
- Authors
Thomason, James; Xypolias, Georgios
- Abstract
The use of glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites in load-carrying constructions has significantly increased over the last few 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 polymers 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 of 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.
- Subjects
GLASS fibers; VINYL ester resins; THERMOSETTING polymers; COMPOSITE structures; COMPOSITE construction; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; BACKPACKS; PHONOGRAPH records
- Publication
Polymers (20734360), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 4, p835
- ISSN
2073-4360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/polym15040835