Surface Degradation of Polymer Matrix Composites Under Different Low Thermal Cycling Conditions

Subject Areas : Engineering

A.R Ghasemi ¹ , M Moradi ²

1 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Solid Mechanics, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran
2 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Solid Mechanics, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

Received: 2016-09-10 Accepted : 2016-12-10 Published : 2017-03-30

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