Experimental Study of the Effect of Moist Environments on Epoxy Resin Chocks.

Abstract

The widespread use of the epoxy resin chocks to support alignment critical machinery on Naval ships has been hampered by the lack of a material specification, installation procedures, and maintenance information. Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of moist, shipboard environments on the compressive strength of the chocks, both during and after the curing process. Various techniques to accelerate exposure effects were investigated. Results indicated precautions are necessary for curing in low temperature/high humidity environments. Elevated temperature immersions and humidity chamber exposure proved to be useful methods to accelerate the studied effects. Originator supplied keywords include: Chocks, Epoxy Resin Material, Moist Environments, Effect on Chocks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA152052

Entities

People

  • G. F. Wright

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Weight
  • Coast Guard
  • Composite Materials
  • Compressive Strength
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Epoxy Resins
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • High Humidity
  • Humidity
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Physical Properties
  • Resins

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials