Solid Particle Erosion Behavior on the Outer Surface of Basalt/Epoxy Composite Pipes Produced by the Filament Winding

Seyit Mehmet Demet1, Harun Sepetcioglu2, Mehmet Bagci1

  • 1Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering and Natural Science Faculty, Konya Technical University, Konya 42250, Turkey.

Polymers
|January 21, 2023
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