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...Levent Onal; Sabit Adanur The usage of textile structures as a reinforcement for polymer composites became essential in many industrial applications in, for example, the marine and aerospace industries because of their favorable stiffness and strength to weight ratio. Determination of elastic...

... being responsible for transport of the water molecules. Of particular interest to structural engineers is the transport of moisture in polymer matrix composites owing to the plasticizing effect the moisture may have on the composite and the potential for the moisture to induce localized damage...

... references. 12 10 2004 polymers elastoplasticity stress-strain relations bars Poisson ratio reviews The history of the development and theory of the Hopkinson Bar for high strain rate testing of materials is presented in this paper. The Hopkinson bar experimental technique evolved...

...W Grellmann,, Editor; S Seidler,, Editor; GI Barenblatt,, Reviewer 15 01 2003 polymers deformation fracture reviews 1R18. Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Polymers. Engineering Materials Series . - Edited by W Grellmann (Dept of Eng Sci, Martin-Luther-Univ of Halle...

...Joris Degrieck and; Wim Van Paepegem This article presents a review of the major fatigue models and life time prediction methodologies for fibre-reinforced polymer composites, subjected to fatigue loadings. In this review, the fatigue models have been classified in three major categories: fatigue...