Interlaminar Shear Strength Parameter, Durability Change and Other Properties of Carbon and Glass Fiber-reinforced Polymers After Long-term Weathering in Various Climatic Zones

Elena Vyacheslavovna Dvirnaya; German Victorovich Kornienko; Mark Grigorievich Petrov; Oleg Vladimirovich Startsev

doi:10.1007/s10118-026-3648-z

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Interlaminar Shear Strength Parameter, Durability Change and Other Properties of Carbon and Glass Fiber-reinforced Polymers After Long-term Weathering in Various Climatic Zones

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- Interlaminar Shear Strength Parameter, Durability Change and Other Properties of Carbon and Glass Fiber-reinforced Polymers After Long-term Weathering in Various Climatic Zones
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 44, Issue 8, Pages: 2787-2796(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials (NRC « Kurchatov institute»), 17 Radio St., Moscow 105005, Russia
  b.Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute named after S.A. Chaplygin, Novosibirsk 630051, Russia
- Author bio：
  
  dvirnaya98@mail.ru
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-026-3648-z
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- Received：19 March 2026，
  
  Accepted：09 May 2026，
  
  Online First：01 July 2026，
  
  Published：15 August 2026
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Dvirnaya, E. V.; Kornienko, G. V.; Petrov, M. G.; Startsev, O. V. Interlaminar shear strength parameter, durability change and other properties of carbon and glass fiber-reinforced polymers after long-term weathering in various climatic zones. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 2787–2796

Elena Vyacheslavovna Dvirnaya, German Victorovich Kornienko, Mark Grigorievich Petrov, et al. Interlaminar Shear Strength Parameter, Durability Change and Other Properties of Carbon and Glass Fiber-reinforced Polymers After Long-term Weathering in Various Climatic Zones[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(8): 2787-2796.
Dvirnaya, E. V.; Kornienko, G. V.; Petrov, M. G.; Startsev, O. V. Interlaminar shear strength parameter, durability change and other properties of carbon and glass fiber-reinforced polymers after long-term weathering in various climatic zones. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 2787–2796 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-026-3648-z.

Elena Vyacheslavovna Dvirnaya, German Victorovich Kornienko, Mark Grigorievich Petrov, et al. Interlaminar Shear Strength Parameter, Durability Change and Other Properties of Carbon and Glass Fiber-reinforced Polymers After Long-term Weathering in Various Climatic Zones[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(8): 2787-2796. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-026-3648-z.

摘要

This work provides a comprehensive analysis of the degradation mechanisms in three distinct FRP systems exposed to real-world outdoor weathering across five different climatic zones for a period of six years.

Abstract

In this study

the weathering resistances of glass-fiber-reinforced polymer G1 and two types of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers

C1 and C2

were studied after six years of outdoor exposure in various climatic zones. Interlaminar shear tests were conducted at strain rates that differed by four orders of magnitude

and dynamic mechanical analyses of these materials were performed both initially and after weathering. Thermal activation analysis of the interlaminar shear test results was used to determine the thermodynamic strength parameter

and durability of the materials. It has been demonstrated that the greatest reduction in the service life of the materials occurs after exposure to the hot and humid climate of Gelendzhik.

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