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Adhesion and Interfaces Involving Polymers, Studied by Electrical Resistance Measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Zhen Mei  and
D.D.L. Chung
Zhen Mei
Affiliation:
Composite Materials Research Laboratory, University at Buffalo State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-4400, U.S.A.
D.D.L. Chung
Affiliation:
Composite Materials Research Laboratory, University at Buffalo State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-4400, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The adhesion and interfaces involving polymers were studied by electrical resistance measurement. Adhesive bonding and bond degradation were monitored by measuring the resistance in real time during temperature or stress variation. The resistance measured was either the contact resistance of the joint interface or the apparent volume resistance of one of the two adjoining components in a direction in the plane of the joint interface. The polymers were in the form continuous carbon fiber thermoplastic-matrix composites, due to the importance of these composites for lightweight structures and due to the conductivity of carbon fibers and the necessity of conductivity for electrical resistance measurement. The technique was used for the case of both of the adjoining components being such composites, and for the case of one component being such a composite and the other component being concrete. The concrete case is relevant to the use of the composite to retrofit concrete structures.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 710: Symposia DD – Polymer Interfaces and Thin Films , 2001 , DD10.8.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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