Multi-scale effects in the consolidation of thermoplastic laminates

Wouter Johannes Bernardus Grouve; Remko Akkerman

doi:10.1007/s12289-009-0611-9

Multi-scale effects in the consolidation of thermoplastic laminates

Wouter Johannes Bernardus Grouve, Remko Akkerman

Faculty of Engineering Technology

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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.

Original language	Undefined
Article number	Supplement
Pages (from-to)	157-160
Journal	International journal of material forming
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-009-0611-9
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Thermoplastic composites - Film stacking - Consolidation
METIS-263639
IR-75452

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