Moisture in Epoxy Resin Composites
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Adhesion
- Vol. 12 (2) , 153-164
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218468108071196
Abstract
The effect of external loading on the rate of water uptake by unidirectional composites is examined as a function of the loading angle (0) with respect to the fibre direction in glass and graphite-reinforced epoxies. The moisture uptake under the effect of the external load increases with 0, suggesting a dependence on the matrix volume increase, itself a function of the strain and of the Poisson's ratio.Keywords
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