Resistance to stress corrosion cracking of unidirectional ECR-glass/polymer composites for high voltage composite insulator applications
Stress corrosion experiments were performed on unidirectional ECR-glass/polymer composites with the modified polyester, epoxy and vinyl ester resins for the use in high voltage composite insulator applications. Two types of ECR-glass fibers were investigated with low and high counts of gaseous inclusions (seeds) within the glass. The stress corrosion tests were performed in nitric acid under four
