1st Edition

Manufacturing of Polymer Composites

By B. Tomas Astrom Copyright 1997
    492 Pages
    by CRC Press

    492 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The potential application areas for polymer composites are vast. While techniques and methodologies for composites design are relatively well established, the knowledge and understanding of post-design issues lag far behind. This leads to designs and eventually composites with disappointing properties and unnecessarily high cost, thus impeding a wider industrial acceptance of polymer composites.

    Manufacturing of Polymer Composites completely covers pre- and post-design issues. While the book enables students to become fully comfortable with composites as a possible materials choice, it also provides sufficient knowledge about manufacturing-related issues to permit them to avoid common pitfalls and unmanufacturable designs. The book is a fully comprehensive text covering all commercially significant materials and manufacturing techniques while at the same time discussing areas of research and development that are nearing commercial reality.

    INTRODUCTION
    The Evolution of Materials
    The Composite Concept
    Design and Manufacturing
    Market
    Application Examples

    CONSTITUENT MATERIALS
    Matrices
    Reinforcements
    Preimpregnated Reinforcement
    Core Materials
    Adhesives
    Composites Based on Inorganic Matrices
    Summary

    PROPERTIES
    Matrices
    Reinforcements
    Core Materials
    Sandwich Components
    Summary

    MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
    Generic Manufacturing-Related Issues
    Thermostat-Matrix Techniques
    Thermoplastic-Matrix Techniques
    Manufacturing-Induced Component Defects
    Summary

    SECONDARY PROCESSING
    Machining
    Ioning
    Surface Finishing
    Repair
    Summary

    Quality Control and Characterization
    Constituent Quality Control and Characerization
    Composite Characterization
    Composite Quality Control
    In-Service Inspection
    Summary

    RECYCLING
    Incentives
    Infrastructure
    Recycling Techniques
    Market Commitment
    Green Thinking in Design
    Summary

    HEALTH AND SAFETY
    Terminology
    Routes of Exposure and Harmful Effects
    Protective Measures
    Constituent Materials
    Manufacturing Techniques
    Machining
    Summary

    Index

    Biography

    B. Tomas Astrom