Glass-reinforced plastic composites

ISO Textile glass reinforced plastics—Composites in the form of rods made from textile... 

N. Fried, Degradation of Composite Materials The Effect of Water on Glass-Reinforced Plastic, in Mechanics of Composite Materials, Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Naval Structural Mechanics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8-10 May 1967, F. W. Wendt, H. Liebowitz, and N. Perrone (Editors), Pergamon, Now York, 1970, pp. 813-837. 

By this time the industry required a more inclusive term to describe RPs, so composite was added. Thus the name in the plastics industry became Reinforced Plastic Composites. More recently they became known only as Composites. However composites identify many other combinations of basic materials (Table 6-18). The fiber reinforcements included higher modulus glasses, carbon, graphite, boron, aramid (strongest fiber in the world, five times as strong as steel on an equal-weight basis), whiskers, and others (Table 6-20 and Figs. 6-13 and 6-14). In... 

Asian consumption is specifically orientated to glass reinforced plastics (GRP) without a significant production of advanced composites. 

REINFORCED PLASTICS. Reinforced plastics are commonly referred to as composites or, more specifically, polymer composites, Not all composites are reinforced plastics ceramic/metal-matrix composites and concrete are good examples of nonpolymeric composites. Reinforced plastics are also referred to RP, FRP (fiberglass-reinforced plastic), and GRP (glass-reinforced plastic) interchangeably. 

Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) is an example of a composite material combining the properties of two different materials. It is made by embedding short... 

Figure 2.41 The glass-reinforced plastic used to make boats like this is a composite material.

The first three of the following papers in this symposium are concerned with coupling agents. These investigations were stimulated by the reaction of an NRL team of surface chemists to the published industrial research of the past decade on glass-reinforced plastics and other composite materials. Present commercial practices still appear to involve more art than science (63), and these papers give adequate evidence that there are opportunities for both basic and applied research on the subject. 

Experimental research was performed on models of reinforced concrete beams (10 x 20 x 120 cm) with polymeric concrete layers. B 25 class concrete was used main longitudinal reinforcement of A-III class was used in the form of two 8-mm diameter rods and the 5-mm diameter stirrups of the same class arranged, so that destruction would be along normal sections. Epoxy-rubber compositions were used as covering layer materials. All compositions were made on ED-20 epoxy-based resin. Besides fiber glass-reinforced plastic glued by ED-20 compositions based on liquid rubbers, RubCon was used. The composition of the polymer layers and some of their mechanical characteristics are given in Table 6.3. 

Owen MJ, Rice DJ, Griffiths JR, Found MS. Biaxial static and fatigue strength of glass mat and fabric reinforced polyester resins. In 35th annual technical conference. Reinforced Plastics/Composite Institute. The Society of the Plastics Industry 1980. 23-E ... 

Kister G, Ralph B, Fernando GF. Damage detection in glass fibre-reinforced plastic composites using self-sensing E-glass fibres. Smart Mater Stmct 2004 13(5) 1166—75. http //dx.doi.Org/10.1088/0964-1726/13/5/021. 

Traditional fibres used as reinforcement in polymer composites are generally either polymers or ceramics the polymer aramids, glass, carbon, boron, aluminium oxide and silicon carbide. Carbon is a high-performance fibre material that is the most commonly used reinforcement in advanced polymer-matrix composites. Glass fibre is readily available and may be fabricated into a glass-reinforced plastic economically using a wide variety of composite-manufacturing techniques. 

CAS 1189-08-8 EINECS/ELINCS 214-711-0 Uses Crosslinking monomer for preparation of inks, photoresists for printed circuit boards, photopolymer printing plates, wire and cable coalings reactive diluent for PVC plastisols, rubber crosslinking, glass reinforc plastics, adhesives, sealants, impregnated wood composites, and other surf, coatings... 

Epoxide polymers have been used for many applications such as binders for glass-reinforced plastics, adhesives, impregnating materials, potting compounds, and therefore, the study of their thermal stability, including epoxy-based composites is of great practical interest. 

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