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APPLIED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 299-308Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-017-9619-3
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Seawater; Aging; Fatigue; Basalt fibre; Epoxy; Unidirectional; Flexure
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Basalt fibres offer potential for use in marine structures, but few data exist to evaluate the influence of seawater immersion on their mechanical behaviour. This paper provides the results from a study in which basalt fibre reinforced epoxy composites were aged in natural seawater at different temperatures. Tests were performed under quasi-static and cyclic loading, first in the as-received state then after saturation in natural seawater. Results are compared to those for an E-glass reinforced composite with the same epoxy matrix. They indicate similar mechanical performance for both materials after seawater saturation.
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