Investigation of continuously produced thermoplastic honeycomb processing - Part I: Thermoforming

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 151-178

  Fan, X ^a,b   Verpoest, I ^a   Pflug, J ^a   Vandepitte, D ^c   Bratfisch, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASR; Thermoforming; Thermoplastic honeycomb; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ASR; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HONEYCOMB CORES; HONEYCOMB GEOMETRIES; INTERNAL FUSIONS; KEY FEATURES; NEW CONCEPTS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; POLYMERIC MATERIALS; PROCESS QUALITIES; PROCESSING STEPS; STRAIN RECOVERIES; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; VISCOELASTIC MODELS;

BONDING; ELASTICITY; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REMELTING; THERMOFORMING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 64349110521     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636208098216     Document Type: Article

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