Novel reactive bicomponent fibres: Material in composite manufacturing
2012 (English)In: Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites, ISSN 1790-4439, Vol. 8, no 1, p. 5-11Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The hypotheses that reactive uncured, thermoset bicomponent fibres can be prepared and mixed with reinforcing fibres and ultimately used in preparation of a composite was tested and is described. It is thought that such fibres have the two potential advantages: (1) to enable manufacturing with particle doped resins e.g. nanocomposites which add functionality to composites and (2) increased efficiency of structural composite manufacturing by increasing the level of automation. The structure of the thermoset fibres comprises of a sheath of thermoplastic and a core of uncured thermoset resin. Once manufactured, the fibres were wound with a reinforced fibre onto a plate, consolidated and cured. The resulting composite was examined and compared to other composites made with the same manufacturing method from commercially available materials. The results show that a laminate can be produced using these reactive bicomponent fibres. The resin system successfully impregnates the reinforcing carbon fibres and that the thermoplastic separates from the epoxy resin system during consolidation. In comparison to reference material, the bicomponent laminate shows promising characteristics. However, the processes developed are currently on a lab-scale and considerable improvement of various bicomponent fibre properties, such as the strength, are required before the technology can be used on a larger scale.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. Vol. 8, no 1, p. 5-11
Keywords [en]
Composite manufacturing, Epoxy resin system, Fibre properties, Manufacturing methods, Reference material, Resin systems, Structural composites, Thermoset resin, Carbon fibers, Epoxy resins, Manufacture, Reinforced plastics, Reinforcement, Resins, Thermosets, Fibers
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-40980Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84861845177OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-40980DiVA, id: diva2:1376958
2019-12-102019-12-102023-06-08Bibliographically approved