Joannie W. Chin

TL;DR: The lack of a comprehensive, validated, and easily accessible data base for the durability of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites as related to civil infrastructure applications has been identified as a critical barrier to widespread acceptance of these materials by structural designers and civil engineers as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel oriented TiO2 nanotube array on Ti substrate was fabricated by using an electrochemical method, and the structure and surface morphology of the array was examined by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electronic microscopy, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, chemical and physical changes in polymeric matrix resins following exposure to UV radiation, moisture, alkaline, and saline environments were characterized using gravimetric measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Schwarzschild law (a power law generalization of the reciprocity law) appears to model adequately photoresponse vs. radiant flux for most materials and systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the sorption and transport of distilled water, salt solution, and a simulated concrete pore solution in free films of vinyl ester, isophthalic polyester (isopolyester) and epoxy resins, all commercially important materials for use in structural composites, was observed to follow a Fickian process.