FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Effect of aging on the in-plane and out-of-plane mechanical properties of composites for design of marine structures BT AF ROBIN, Alban Arhant, Mael Davies, Peter Lejeune, S. Lolive, E. Bonnemains, T. Habert, B. AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:2;6:2;7:3; FF 1:PDG-REM-RDT-SMASH;2:PDG-REM-RDT-SMASH;3:PDG-REM-RDT-SMASH;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 Advanced Structural Materials and Hyperbaric Testing Laboratory (SMASH), Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, Plouzané, France Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL – UMR CNRS 6027), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), France Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), IP/MCM/PMA, Paris, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE DGA, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-SMASH IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-univ-france TC 2 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00832/94393/101715.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Seawater;Saturation;Durability;Long term behavior AB This paper describes an approach allowing aging to be included in the design of marine structures. Two types of aging are considered, physical aging and seawater saturation. The latter is shown to be more severe for this material, with losses in properties of up to 30% being measured after aging. A complete set of in-plane and out-of-plane properties was generated for a carbon/epoxy composite, and these were then used as input data to model the response of a flexural beam under a mixed shear/bending load. Reasonable agreement is found between model and test results; both show the strong influence of seawater conditioning on the composite performance, with a reduction in strength after aging of around 35%. This approach can be applied to account for seawater aging during the design of composite structures. PY 2023 PD JUN SO Composites Part C: Open Access SN 2666-6820 PU Elsevier BV VL 11 UT 000971403500001 DI 10.1016/j.jcomc.2023.100354 ID 94393 ER EF