Original Article
  • Assessment of Mechanical Degradation in Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Laminates under Long-Term Outdoor Exposure

  • Woo-Ju Lee*, Min-Soo Joo*, Kyo-Jin An**, Byeong-Su Kwak*, Jin-Hwe Kweon***†

  • * School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Gyeongsang National University
    ** Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd.
    *** Gyeongsang National University

  • 장기간 야외노출에 따른 탄소섬유/에폭시 복합재 적층판의 기계적 성능 열화 평가

  • 이우주* · 주민수* · 안교진** · 곽병수* · 권진회***†

  • This article is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Correspondence to

  • Jin-Hwe Kweon

  • Gyeongsang National University

  • E-mail: jhkweon@gnu.ac.kr