Discontinuous Fiber Composites, Volume II

• Other Authors: Osswald, Tim (Editor), Kuhn, Christoph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; fiber reinforced plastics; long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT); sliding plate rheometer; fiber microstructure; fiber orientation; direct fiber simulation; mechanistic model; fiber reinforced thermoplastics; modeling; short fiber reinforcement; process simulation; smoothed particle hydrodynamics; composite foams; closed cells; image processing; finite element analysis; polymer composites; long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs); core region; shell region; fiber length distribution (FLD); selective laser sintering; recoating; PA6; polyamide; glass; fibres; beads; orientation; recoating speed; layer thickness; energy density; pARD-RSC; short fiber reinforced; mechanistic modelling; Carbon nanotubes; CNTs; nanocomposites; electrical resistivity; conductivity; electric fields; computational modelling; compression moulding; moulding compounds; optimisation; wet laid; isotropic; tensile; carbon fiber; discontinuous; recycling; hybrid composites; polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer; glass fibers; long fiber reinforced plastics; fiber breakage; fiber length; additive tooling; additive manufacturing; rapid tooling; injection molding; polypropylene; long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics; fiber concentration; stereolithography; carbon fiber recycling; lightweight design; long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics; parameter-optimization; injection molding compounding; long fiber reinforced thermoplastics; fiber orientation models; calibration; discontinuous fiber composites (DFC); compression molding; sheet molding compound (SMC); carbon fiber sheet molding compound (CF-SMC); randomly oriented strands (ROS); computed tomography (CT); direct fiber simulation (DFS); prepreg platelet molding compound (PPMC); tow-based discontinuous composite (TBDC); plastics processing; composites; glass fiber; sheet molding compound; long fiber; fiber content; n/a
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Discontinuous fiber-reinforced polymers have gained importance in transportation industries due to their outstanding material properties, lower manufacturing costs and superior lightweight characteristics. One of the most attractive attributes of discontinuous fiber-reinforced composites is the ease...