Accelerated weathering of polypropylene geotextiles

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Jose Ricardo Carneiro (Author) Other; Paulo Joaquim Almeida (Author) FCUP; Maria de Lurdes Lopes (Author) FEUP

Journal

The Journal is awaiting validation by the Administrative Services.

Title: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Vol. 18

Pages: 241-245

ISSN: 0334-181X

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 10 Citations

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Materials engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-HT2

DOI: 10.1515/secm.2011.047

Abstract (EN): This paper reports research about the durability of non-woven geotextiles when exposed to artificial weathering conditions [ultraviolet (UV) radiation, rain and dew] on a laboratory weatherometer. The geotextiles were specially manufactured from polypropylene fibers stabilized with different amounts of the additive Chimassorb 944 and the pigment carbon black. The degradation suffered by the geotextiles was evaluated by tensile tests and by scanning electron microscopy.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5