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The ingress of sea water and its damaging effects on polymeric foams was investigated experimentally and explained by a mechanics model. Similarly, the reduction in delamination toughness at the core/facing interface was recorded and explained by means of fracture mechanics.
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Li, X. and Weitsman, Y.J., “Sea Water effects on Foam-cored Composite Candwich Layups”, Composites, Part B, 35, 2004 pp. 451–453.
Ionita, A. and Weitsman, Y.J., “A Mechanics Model for the Ingress of Sa Water into Cellular Polymeric Foams”, in preparation.
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Weitsman, Y., Li, X., Ionita, A. (2005). Sea Water Effects on Polymeric Foams and Their Sandwich Layups. In: Thomsen, O., Bozhevolnaya, E., Lyckegaard, A. (eds) Sandwich Structures 7: Advancing with Sandwich Structures and Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3848-8_19
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