Process simulation, design and manufacturing of a long fiber thermoplastic composite for mass transit application

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1512-1521

  Balaji Thattaiparthasarathy, K ^a   Pillay, S ^a   Ning, H ^a   Vaidya, U K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Long fiber thermoplastics; B. Thermoplastic composites; C. Process modeling; E. Extrusion compression molding

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DAMPING; DATA COMPRESSION; DOORS; EXTRUSION MOLDING; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FORMING; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METAL EXTRUSION; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALS; MOLDING; MOLDS; PELLETIZING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOPLASTICS;

A. LONG FIBER THERMOPLASTICS; APPLIED SCIENCES; B. THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES; C. PROCESS MODELING; E. EXTRUSION COMPRESSION MOLDING; FIBER ORIENTATION ANGLE; LONG FIBER THERMOPLASTIC; LONG FIBER THERMOPLASTICS; MASS TRANSIT; MATRIX COMPOSITES; METAL DESIGN; OPTIMUM CHARGE; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; RAPID GROWTH; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; WARPAGE; WEIGHT PERCENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMPRESSION MOLDING;

EID: 50049110258     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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