In this article, we review recent advances in elastomer degradation, focusing on four
fundamental mechanisms: thermal degradation, ozone degradation, thermo-oxidative …

This book aims to rehabilitate kinetic modeling in the domain of polymer ageing, where it
has been almost abandoned by the research community. Kinetic modeling is a key step for …

Durability and degradation mechanisms in composites are fundamentally influenced by the
fiber, matrix, and interphase regions that constitute the composite domain. The thermo …

This paper presents a model-based analysis of thermo-oxidative behavior in high-
temperature polymer matrix composite (HTPMC) materials. The thermo-oxidative behavior of …

Polymers are highly important in industrial applications such as bearings, seals, bonds and
coatings. Since these components are used in various areas of engineering, it is obvious …

This paper presents an original coupled experimental/numerical approach for the
characterization of the effects of thermo-oxidation on the local mechanical behaviour of aged …

The understanding of dynamic damage and failure of thermo-oxidative aged 3D carbon
fiber/epoxy braided composite is critical to its durability design. Here we aim at a fine …

The present study examines the thermo-oxidative behavior of high-temperature polymer
matrix composite materials. Thermo-oxidative aging in neat resin is simulated with a …

With the increasing number of requirements on joinings, it gets more and more important to
understand and predict an assemblies properties. Nowadays, in industrial applications …

This paper focuses on the employment of instrumented Ultra-Micro Indentation (UMI) and
Confocal Interferometric Microscopy (CIM) for investigating the effect of thermo-oxidation on …