A Study on Correlation Between Separation and Orientation of Fibres During Compression Molding of Long Fibre-Reinforced Polymeric Composites

장섬유강화 고분자복합판의 압축성형에 있어서 섬유의 분리와 배향의 상관관계에 관한 연구

During compression molding of fibre-reinforced thermoplastics, the two main problems such as the fibre-matrix separation and the fibre orientation are produced by the flow state. As the molded product tends to be nonhomogeneous and anisotropic due to the separation and the orientation, it is necessary to clarify these in relation to the molding process variables and the fibre structure (fibre entanglement). If the entanglement of fibre structure is strong, the separation increases and the orientation is not easily aligned. Namely, these are inseparably related to each other. The correlation between the separation and the orientation have to be clarified for designing the fibre structure. In this paper, the degree of nonhomogeneity which is a measure of the separation is obtained using one-dimensional rectangular shaped part compression molding. And the orientation function is defined and measured by the image processing using soft X-rayed photograph and image scanner. Correlation between the degree of nonhomogeneity and the orientation function is discussed.

본 연구에서는 장섬유강화 고분자복합판을 고온압축성형할 때 섬유의 분리 및 배향은 서로 불가분의 관계가 있으므로, 모재와 섬유의 분리에 의해서 야기되는 성형 품의 불균질성을 나타내는 균질도와 섬유의 배향을 표시하는 배향함수와의 상관관계에 대한 실험결과를 보고한다.