... free volume for all the adhesives remains constant as moisture is absorbed but plasticization takes place at high temperature and relative humidity, evidenced by the increased elongation and yield observed by strain values and scanning electron microscope. Exposure at 50 ° C in air causes the adhesives...

.... A mathematical model of the drying process is presented. It allows the moisture and temperature histories, the stress and strain histories, and the buildup of mechanical properties to be simulated. The temperature of the heating medium, the humidity and pressure of the ambient air, and either applied loads...

... to heating of moisture-saturated composites from its initial temperature to a final temperature. Exact closed form solutions are obtained for the steam pressure developed under infinitely fast heating in an infinite plate. The effect of cavity shape on the induced steam pressure is studied by comparing...

... , S. , Mun , A. , and Stanley , A. , 1997 , “ Influence of Moisture on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Autoclaved and Oven-Cured Kevlar-49/Epoxy Laminates ,” Compos. Sci. Technol. , 57 ( 5 ), pp. 565 – 571 . Aktas, L., Hamidi, Y., and Altan, M. C., 2002, “Effect of Moisture...

... and moisture conditioning with the pressure setting of 137.9 KPa (20 psi). Though all the samples failed under this loading with crushing on the impact face and longitudinal splitting, there is definite difference in the failure behavior at the microlevel. Figures 14 (a and b) represent the micrographs...