Estimation of intimate contact of the fusion-bonded fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites
ZHOU Jiakuan, DESPLENTERE Frederik, IVENS Jan
download PDFAbstract. The quality of fusion-bonded parts relies on the development of intimate contact at first and followed by healing, where the former as a prerequisite highly dominates the consolidation and the mechanical performance of final parts. In this paper, the degree of intimate contact of continuously welded unidirectional glass fiber reinforced polypropylene tapes was investigated. Classic Lee & Springer model for theoretical estimation of intimate contact was considered in the present study. For this purpose, a relatively robust regime to extract the data inputs like surface parameters, viscosity, etc. was proposed and demonstrated clearly. Consequently, the degree of intimate contact can be plotted as a function of time. Furthermore, the degree of intimate contact was also characterized by cross-sectional microscopy, ultrasonic C-scan, and optical analysis on the delaminated surfaces. The experimentally measured results show good agreement with the theoretically predicted counterparts.
Keywords
Intimate Contact, Fusion Bonding, Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites, Surface Roughness, Viscosity
Published online 4/24/2024, 10 pages
Copyright © 2024 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: ZHOU Jiakuan, DESPLENTERE Frederik, IVENS Jan, Estimation of intimate contact of the fusion-bonded fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 41, pp 430-439, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-48
The article was published as article 48 of the book Material Forming
Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
References
[1] I. Martin, D. Saenz Del Castillo, A. Fernandez, and A. Güemes, Advanced thermoplastic composite manufacturing by in-situ consolidation: A review, J. Compos. Sci., 4 (2020) 1–36. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4040149
[2] O. Çelik, D. Peeters, C. Dransfeld, and J. Teuwen, Intimate contact development during laser assisted fiber placement: Microstructure and effect of process parameters, Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf., 134 (2020) 105888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105888
[3] M. J. Donough, Shafaq, N. A. St John, A. W. Philips, and B. Gangadhara Prusty, Process Modelling of In-situ Consolidated Thermoplastic Composite by Automated Fibre Placement – A Review, Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf., (Dec. 2022) 107179. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPOSITESA.2022.107179
[4] W. Il Lee and G. S. Springer, A Model of the Manufacturing Process of Thermoplastic Matrix Composites, J. Compos. Mater., 21 (1987) 1017–1055. https://doi.org/10.1177/002199838702101103
[5] F. Yang and R. Pitchumani, A fractal Cantor set based description of interlaminar contact evolution during thermoplastic composites processing, J. Mater. Sci., 36 (2001) 4661–4671. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017950215945
[6] F. Yang and R. Pitchumani, Fractal description of interlaminar contact development during thermoplastic composites processing, J. Reinf. Plast. Compos., 20 (2001) 536–546.
[7] A. Levy, D. Heider, J. Tierney, and J. W. Gillespie, Inter-layer thermal contact resistance evolution with the degree of intimate contact in the processing of thermoplastic composite laminates, J. Compos. Mater., 48 (2014) 491–503.
[8] M. A. Khan, P. Mitschang, and R. Schledjewski, Identification of some optimal parameters to achieve higher laminate quality through tape placement process, Adv. Polym. Technol., 29 (Jun. 2010) 98–111. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adv.20177
[9] P. M. Schaefer, T. Guglhoer, M. G. R. Sause, and K. Drechsler, Development of intimate contact during processing of carbon fiber reinforced Polyamide-6 tapes, J. Reinf. Plast. Compos., 36 (2017) 593–607. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684416687041
[10] P. M. Schäfer, Consolidation of carbon fiber reinforced polyamide 6 tapes using laser-assisted tape placement. Technische Universität München, 2017.
[11] W. J. B. Grouve, L. L. Warnet, B. Rietman, H. A. Visser, and R. Akkerman, Optimization of the tape placement process parameters for carbon-PPS composites, Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf., 50 (2013) 44–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.03.003
[12] J. Engmann, C. Servais, and A. S. Burbidge, Squeeze flow theory and applications to rheometry: A review, J. Nonnewton. Fluid Mech., 132 (2005) 1–27.
[13] O. Çelik et al., The influence of inter-laminar thermal contact resistance on the cooling of material during laser assisted fiber placement, Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf., 145 (2021) 106367.
[14] J. Zhou, F. Desplentere, and J. Ivens, μCT-based internal microstructure analysis in continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics, in ITHEC 2022 Conference Proceedings, CONGRESS BREMEN & MESSE BREMEN, 2022.
