Service Life Prediction of Polymeric Materials -

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Résumé :
Linking Field and Laboratory Exposure Results.- Linking Accelerated Laboratory Test with Outdoor Performance Results for a Model Epoxy Coating System.- A Statistical Model for Linking Field and Laboratory Exposure Results for a Model Coating.- Advances in Exploring Mechanistic Variations in Thermal Aging of Polymers.- Final Report on the Subject of Accelerated Weathering: An ASTM D01.53 Ten-Year Exposure Study.- Advances in Field and Laboratory Exposure.- An Analysis of the Effect of Irradiance on the Weathering of Polymeric Materials.- A New Approach to Characterizing Weathering Reciprocity in Xenon Arc Weathering Devices.- Controlled Temperature Natural Weathering.- Durability of Building Joint Sealants.- Evaluating Cyclic Fatigue of Sealants During Outdoor Testing.- Lifetime Predictions for Hardcoated Polycarbonate.- Degradation of Polypropylene Filament Under Elevated Temperature and High Oxygen Pressure.- Risk Analysis for Pipeline Assets-The Use of Models for Failure Prediction in Plastics Pipelines.- Predicting the Creep Behavior of High Density Polyethylene Geogrid Using Stepped Isothermal Method.- Methodology Study of Qualification of Electric Wire and Cable Used in Nuclear Power Plant.- Innovative Measurement Methodology in Quality Assessment of Coatings.- A New Test Method for Weatherability Prediction: Radical Shower using a Remote Plasma Reactor.- Characterizing and Modeling Color and Appearance.- Metrologies for Characterizing Optical Properties of Clear and Pigmented Coatings.- Computer Graphic Tools for Automotive Paint Engineering.- Computer Graphics Techniques for Capturing and Rendering the Appearance of Aging Materials.- Mechanistic Measurements.- The Influence of Water on the Weathering of Automotive Paint Systems.- Chemiluminescence Detection:Principles, Chances and Limitations for the Shortening of Weathering Tests.- Enhancement of Photoprotection and Mechanical Properties of Polymers by Deposition of Thin Coatings.- A Critical Assessment of Techniques for Monitoring Polymer Photodegradation.- Polymer Films in Photovoltaic Modules: Analysis and Modeling of Permeation Processes.- 3-D Characterization of Multi-Layered Automotive Coating Systems: Stage-1 Analytical Toolbox for Surfaces, Interfaces, and Depth Profiles.- High Throughput Measurements, Combinatorial Methods, Informatics.- Development and Deployment of a High Throughput Exterior Durability Program for Architectural Paint Coatings.- Comparing Transport Properties of Coatings Using High Throughput Methods.- A High Throughput System for Accelerated Weathering and Automated Characterization of Polymeric Materials.- Contributions of Pigments, Additives, and Fillers.- Investigating Pigment Photoreactivity for Coatings Applications: Methods Development.- A Quantitative Model for Weathering-induced Mass Loss in Thermoplastic Paints.- Effect of Pigment Dispersion on Durability of a TiO2 Pigmented Epoxy Coating During Outdoor Exposure.- Effect of the Environmental Stress and Polymer Microenvironment on Efficiency Trials and Fate of Stabilizers.- Wrap-Up: Implementation.- Implementing What We Have Learned....