The critical self-heating temperature at which the structural degradation of polymer composites under cyclic loading begins is evaluated by analyzing the heat dissipation rate. The method proposed is an effective tool for evaluating the degradation degree of such structures.
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The results presented in this paper have been obtained within the framework of research grant No. 2015/17/D/ST8/01294 financed by the National Science Centre, Poland. The author would like to thank Dr Marcin Bilewicz from the Silesian University of Technology for performing microscopic imaging of the damaged structures investigated.
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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 77-88 , January-February, 2017.
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Katunin, A. Evaluation of Criticality of Self-Heating of Polymer Composites by Estimating the Heat Dissipation Rate. Mech Compos Mater 54, 53–60 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-018-9717-9
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