On the response to hygrothermal aging of pultruded FRPs used in the civil engineering sector

This paper presents the effects of hygrothermal aging on the durability of a pultruded flat sheet, immersed in distilled water at 25 °C, 40 °C, 60 °C or 80 °C for a period of 224 days. Elevated temperatures noticeably increase the moisture diffusion coefficient and moisture uptake behaviour. Measure...

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Main Authors: Sotirios A. Grammatikos, Mark Evernden, John Mitchels, Behrouz Zafari, James T. Mottram, George C. Papanicolaou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Materials & Design
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127516301733