Design and Manufacturing of Structural Composites

Design and Manufacturing of Structural Composites provides an overview of the most common manufacturing routes for fibre reinforced composites, including the influence of the manufacturing route on mechanical properties. It discusses the intermediate steps to convert common fibre/matrix combinations into finished products. The book also provides an insight into some of the most common research challenges for each of the chosen manufacturing processes and covers experimental, analytical and numerical analysis. Particular emphasis is placed on the various types of manufacturing routes for fibre reinforced composites, including the influence of the manufacturing route on mechanical properties, automation, additive manufacturing and recyclability, and material properties and design principles. Chapters covered include an introduction to composite materials; material preforming and conversion, moulding, enabling technologies, computer aided engineering, reduce, reuse and recycling. With contributions from leading experts in the field the book will be an essential reference resource for members of industry in engineering and manufacturing who are considering using fiber-reinforced polymers in place of more traditional materials; materials researchers; science and engineering graduate students and educators who are working in the field of polymer matrix composites; manufacturers of polymer matrix composite processing machinery and composite engineers and R&D managers primarily in the automotive and aerospace sectors (however it will also be relevant to marine, and construction). Discusses recent advances in composite manufacturing, automation, additive manufacturing and recyclabilityVarious types of manufacturing routes for fibre reinforced composites, including the influence of the manufacturing route on mechanical propertiesEmphasis on recycling and design simulations and additive manufacturing INDICE: Introduction to composite materials 1. Fibres 2. Resins 3. Intermediates (weaving, NCF, prepreg, compounds) 4. Applications 5. Composites Roadmap - Where is the industry heading? Material Preforming and Conversion 6. 2D to 3D dry fibre preforming (press forming, diaphragm forming) 7. Automated Fibre Placement (AFP / ATL) 8. Braiding 9. Filament winding 10. 3D weaving Moulding 11. Autoclaving Prepreg 12. Injection Moulding & Over-moulding 13. Compression Moulding 14. Thermoplastic Stamping 15. Liquid Resin Infusion (incl. in-situ polymerization) Enabling Technologies 16. Tooling Design 17. Automation (pick and place etc) 18. Quality Assurance (inc NDT / Inspection) 19. Microwave Processing 20. Additive Manufacturing Computer Aided Engineering 21. Process Simulation 22. Factory Simulation 23. Industry 4.0 /Virtual Machine Design 24. Design for Manufacture 25. Cost, rate and robustness Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 26. Waste Reduction 27. Disassembly 28. Fibre Recovery 29. Recyclate Conversion 30. Life Cycle Analysis

• ISBN: 978-0-12-819160-6
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés