FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A study of pure hydrolysis of carbon fibre reinforced polyamide 6 composites tested under mode I loading BT AF Arhant, Mael Lolive, Eric Bonnemains, Thomas Davies, Peter AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:1; FF 1:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;2:;3:;4:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM; C1 IFREMER, Marine Structures Laboratory, Centre de Bretagne, Plouzané, France IUT de Brest, IRDL, Brest, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 8.7 TC 9 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00735/84662/89819.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Thermoplastic composites;Mode I fracture;Hydrolysis;Molar mass;Arrhenius AB This paper focuses on the durability of carbon/polyamide 6 thermoplastic composites subjected to hydrolytic aging and tested under mode I static crack growth loading. In this study, aging was performed at temperatures ranging from 100 to 140 °C for durations up to 3 months in oxygen-free water. Results show that following wet aging the fracture toughness (energy release rate) decreases significantly, from an unaged value of 3.4 kJ/m2 down to values below 1 kJ/m2 after extensive degradation. This decrease was associated with a change from ductile to brittle behaviour, which allowed a critical molar mass M’c, to be determined for the first time on long carbon fibre reinforced composites. PY 2022 PD JAN SO Composites Part A-applied Science And Manufacturing SN 1359-835X PU Elsevier BV VL 152 IS Part A UT 000726739300002 DI 10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106719 ID 84662 ER EF