Results of aging tests on pultruded e-glass/vinylester rods are reported. Commercially
pultruded glass/vinylester rods were subjected to a range of thermal, aqueous, chemical and
sustained stress conditioning. Following the conditioning, the specimens were tested to
determine the changes in their mechanical and physical properties. Flexural and short beam
shear tests were used to determine flexural strength, flexural modulus and shear strength.
Weight measurements, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning …