The effect of sandblasting on the initiation of stress corrosion cracking in unidirectional E-glass/polymer composites used in high voltage composite (non-ceramic) insulators
The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of sandblasting on the initiation of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in unidirectional E-glass/polymer composite materials with modified polyester, epoxy and vinyl ester resins. The composites with different amounts of surface damage due to sandblasting have been subjected to mechanical bending loads in the presence of nitric acid (pH=1.2). It
