Moisture absorption properties of unidirectional glass/polymer composites used in composite (non-ceramic) insulators

Evaluation of interfacial relaxation due to water absorption in fiber–polymer composites

“…This was first suggested by Shen and Springer [20,40] and was thoroughly implemented recently by Kumosa et al [3] who also stress the importance of specimen geometry and edge effect corrections for rendering moisture absorption data more reliable. Kumosa et al [3], nevertheless, conclude that even the use of high length/height specimen ratios, adoption of anisotropic diffusion coefficients and laborious finite element corrective calculations [41] do not eliminate data uncertainties associated with edge effects and finite specimen thickness.…”

Moisture absorption of filled silicone rubber under electrolyte

“…5 In addition, some other researches showed that the water absorption process in composite materials obeys Fick's law. 6,7 All the aforementioned studies are of water or common solvent absorption of rubber matrix composites and composite materials; however, the moisture absorption study of filled SiR under strong electrolyte attack is rather limited.…”

Failure analyses of nonceramic insulators: part II - the brittle fracture model and failure prevention

“…However, would it not be much easier and more effective to design a GRP rod with a high resistance to brittle fracture [21] instead of attempting something that might be impossible to achieve for long periods of time? Thus, the rod design was another major objective of our insulator research [1], [8], [10], [18], [19], [20]- [23], [24]- [32], [39]- [42].…”