IIn spite the fact that composite materials have been in use in the maritime sector for over a
half of century, classification societies regulations tend to limit the usage of composites at the …

The understanding of water penetration, diffusion, and swelling-related strength degradation
is critical for assessing the durability of polymer-based composite materials exposed to …

Polymer composite materials are widely used in marine applications where an
understanding of the long-term performance is essential for economic, safety and durability …

The coupling between tensile stress and water diffusion in composites represents a major
issue in many marine applications. Even if these two behaviours are well documented as …

This paper investigates the effect of moisture content upon the degradation behaviour of
composite materials. A coupled phase field framework considering moisture diffusion …

This work aims to study the anisotropic moisture absorption characteristics of unidirectional
flax fiber reinforced composites (FFRCs) and evaluate the variations of the internal stress …

In this paper, a meso-scale finite element model was established to investigate the moisture
diffusion in 3D woven carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRCs), and to analyze the …

Moisture absorption of composites with nanoscale carbon additives such as carbon
nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphite nanoplatelets, and carbon black is investigated …

As a contribution to the prediction of the evolutionary behavior of biocomposites in service
conditions, this study focused on the simulation of the hydrothermal aging of short natural …

In this paper, an analysis of the hygroscopic and hygroelastic behaviours of unidirectional
flax fibre-reinforced epoxy composite is presented. Samples of this composite material were …