Abstract
High-temperature polymers and polymer composites have been used extensively in aerospace structures and critical industrial applications, including those in oilfield operations, where high-temperature performance or certain environmental resistant capability is demanded. However, when moisture or a wet condition is associated with the high temperature, the polymers, polymer composites, and even some reinforcement fibers, behave very differently from their original dry state because of severe hygrothermal and/or hydrolytic degradation. In many cases of oilfield downhole operations, service tools are required to perform in a hot-wet environment at a temperature above 204 °C and a pressure above 70 MPa. This presents a significant challenge to the polymers and polymer composites in their applications. Understanding the high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) hot-wet thermomechanical behavior of the high-temperature polymers, reinforcement fibers and their composites is extremely important.
This study aims to investigate the HP/HT hot-wet thermomechanical behavior of the selected continuous fiber-reinforced high-temperature polymer composites based on various testing and analysis techniques associated with an HP/HT hot-wet exposure process. The HP/HT hot-wet environments affect the thermomechanical properties of most high-temperature polymers and their composites significantly. Mechanisms involve hygrothermal and/or hydrolytic degradations in resin matrix, reinforcement fibers and the fiber/resin interfaces. Relationships among mechanical properties, glass transition temperature, hygrothermal degradation and the HP/HT hot-wet exposure have been addressed. Critical issues with the conventional environmental-thermal-mechanical testing and analysis methods are discussed. An innovative HP/HT in-situ thermomechanical testing and analysis system is presented.
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The authors would like to thank Baker Hughes Completions and Production Technology for their permission to publish this paper. The authors would like to express sincere appreciation to Bennett Richard, director research and technology for his constant support and encouragement to the research projects. Thanks also due to Chris Campo for his assistance in a part of the DMA work.
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Yuan, Y., Goodson, J. (2014). HP/HT Hot-Wet Thermomechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced High-Temperature Polymer Composites. In: Tandon, G., Tekalur, S., Ralph, C., Sottos, N., Blaiszik, B. (eds) Experimental Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 6. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00873-8_16
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