Multi-scale effects in the consolidation of thermoplastic laminates

Grouve, W.J.B. and Akkerman, R. and Loendersloot, R. and Berg van den, S. (2008) Multi-scale effects in the consolidation of thermoplastic laminates. International Journal of Material Forming, 1 (Suppl.). pp. 859-862. ISSN 1960-6206

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Abstract:	Consolidation experiments were performed on thermoplastic composite laminates produced by film- stacking. The results suggest that the consolidation takes place in different stages: plastic deformation of the thermoplastic film, meso-impregnation and finally micro-impregnation. However, the micro-impregnation is found to govern the total impregnation time. The applied macro-scale boundary conditions resulted in severe in-plane resin flow, causing variations in laminate thickness. A multi-scale model approach is proposed to combine these macro-scale boundary conditions with micro-scale impregnation kinetics.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2008 Springer
Faculty:	Engineering Technology (CTW)
Research Chair:	Production Technology (PT)
Research Group:	Design, Production and Management (DPM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/75453
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12289-008-0271-1
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