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Record W4393280067 · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57999-8

The influence of UV radiation on the properties of GFRP laminates in underwater conditions

2024· article· en· W4393280067 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueScientific Reports · 2024
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMaterials Science
TopicMaterial Properties and Applications
Canadian institutionsMcMaster University
FundersSilesian University of Technology
KeywordsFibre-reinforced plasticMaterials scienceDegradation (telecommunications)Composite materialPolymerBendingFlexural strengthPolyesterRadiationUltravioletComposite numberGlass fiberComposite laminatesIrradiationUnderwaterUltraviolet radiationChemistryOptics

Abstract

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Degradation of polymer composites is a significant problem in many engineering aspects. Due to the interaction of various degradation factors during the exploitation of composites, a synergistic effect of destruction is observed. The article describes the phenomena occurring in glass fiber reinforced polyester laminates under the influence of ultraviolet radiation (UV) in an aquatic environment. The laminates were exposed to UV-A, UV-B and UV-C radiation for 1000 h in free-air and underwater conditions. During the test, the materials were immersed at stable depth of 1 mm and 10 mm, respectively. The three-point bending tests performed on the samples after being exposed to UV showed an increase in the flexural strength of the composites. Simultaneously, degradation of the outer surface layer was observed. The degradation removed the thin resin film from the surface which resulted in a direct exposure of the reinforcing fibers to the environment. The transformations taking place in the deeper layers of the composite increased the mechanical strength due to the additional cross-linking reactions excited by the energy arising from the radiation. Moreover, the formation of polymer structures from free styrene remaining after the technological process and the occurrence of free radical reactions as a result of the cage effect was also observed.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.012
Threshold uncertainty score0.256

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.018
GPT teacher head0.243
Teacher spread0.225 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it