Hygrothermal durability of glass and carbon fiber reinforced composites - a comparative study

• Main Authors: Zhong, Yucheng, Cheng, Mingyang, Zhang, Xin, Hu, Haixiao, Cao, Dongfeng, Li, Shuxin
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Sizing; Glass Fiber
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150729
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study reports the recently found critical drawback of glass fibers as compared with carbon fibers. GFRP and CFRP composites were placed into a general water bath at 80 °C until saturation for accelerated hygrothermal ageing. After ageing, the impact properties of CFRP composites improved. For G...