• Carbon letters
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.76-88
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• 2013

Carbon fibers (CFs) have high service temperature, strength, and stiffness, and low weight. They are widely used as reinforcing materials in advanced polymer composites. The role of the polymer matrix in the composites is to provide bulk to the composite laminate and transfer load between the fibers. The interface between the CF and the resin matrix plays a critical role in controlling the overall properties of the composites. This paper aims to review the synthesis, properties, and applications of polymer matrices, such as thermosetting and thermoplastic resins.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.29-43
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• 2016

Composite materials are rapidly gaining popularity as an alternative to metals for structural and load bearing applications in the aerospace, automotive, alternate energy and consumer industries. With the advent of thermoplastic composites and advances in recycling technologies, fully recyclable composites are gaining ground over traditional thermoset composites. Stamp forming as an alternative processing technique for sheet products has proven to be effective in allowing the fast manufacturing rates required for mass production of components. This study investigates the feasibility of using the stamp forming technique for the processing of thermoplastic, recyclable composite materials. The material system used in this study is a self-reinforced polypropylene composite material (Curv$^{(R)}$). The investigation includes a detailed experimental study based on strain measurements using a non-contact optical measurement system in conjunction with stamping equipment to record and measure the formability of the thermoplastic composites in real time. A Design of Experiments (DOE) methodology was adopted to elucidate the effect of process parameters that included blank holder force, pre heat temperature and feed rate on stamp forming. DOE analyses indicate that feed rate had negligible influence on the strain evolution during stamp forming and blank holder force and preheat temperature had significant effect on strain evolution during forming.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2023

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is a material whose mechanical properties change according to the phase separation of its unique internal microstructure and is therefore used in various industries. Use of TPU as composites helps in improving the desirable characteristics and properties in accordance with usage. Eco-friendly fillers one of the fillers are on the rise and those are mostly used for reinforcing role. Suberin, which can be extracted from cork, is the main component of cork. It is known to serve high damping property of elastomer composite. The original chemical structure of Suberin is an aliphatic polyester aggregate. In this research, Suberin is obtained after depolymerization into an oligomer having 2 or 3 ester bonds through alkaline hydrolysis. The extracted suberin was added to the matrix which is thermoplastic polyurethane as an eco-friendly filler for improving vibration damping property. As a result, when 10 wt% of suberin was added into thermoplastic polyurethane the existing trade-off relationship was overcome. And it is attained the elastic modulus and damping factor at room temperature improving 92 and 59%, respectively, compared to the original matrix. Those results are from the interaction between the microstructure of TPU and suberin.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.158-163
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• 2003

Thermosetting matrix composites have disadvantages in terms of moulding time, repairability and manufacturing cost. Thus the high-performance thermoplastic composites to eliminate such disadvantages have been developed so far. As a result of environmental and economical concerns, there is a growing interest in the use of thermoplastic composites. However, since their mechanical properties are very sensitive to the environment such as moisture, temperature etc., those behaviors need to be studied. Particularly the temperature is a very important factor influencing the mechanical behavior of thermoplastic composites. The effect of temperature have not yet been fully quantified. Since engineering applications of reinforced composites necessitate their fracture mechanic characterization, work is in progress to investigate the fracture and related failure behavior. An approach which predicts the tensile strength was perpormed in the tensile test. The main goal of this work is to study the effect of temperature on the result of tensile test with respect to GF/PE composite. The tensile strength and failure mechanisms of GF/PE composites were investigated in the temperature range 6$0^{\circ}C$ to -5$0^{\circ}C$. The tensile strength increased as the fiber volume fraction ratio increased. The tensile strength showed the maximum at -5$0^{\circ}C$, and it tended to decrease as the temperature increased from -5$0^{\circ}C$. The major failure mechanism was classified into the fiber matrix debonding, the fiber pull-out, the delamination and the matrix deformation.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2001

This study investigates the effect of fiber content on the fracture behavior of thermoplastic composites (glass fiber/polypropylene). The fiber contents used were 20%, 30%, and 40% by weight. Fracture tests were performed using compact tension (CT) specimens made of composite sheets of three fiber contents (20%, 30%, 40%). The results showed that compliance, fracture load, and fracture toughness were affected by the fiber content. The compliance decreased with fiber content while the fracture load increased as the fiber content increased. The fracture toughness also increased as fiber content increased. Specifically, the fracture toughness increased 14% as the fiber content increased from 20% to 40%.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.131-140
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• 1992

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.245-247
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• 1978

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.67-70
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• 2000

This study was performed to investigate the material behavior of hybrid thermoplastic composites contained glass fiber and calcium carbonate. The composite was prepared with each combination ratio of calcium carbonate, and the content of glass fiber was fixed with 10% by weight. In order to investigate the material behavior for various combination ratio, tension test, flexural test, and impact test were performed. Microscopic observation were conducted to examine the fractured surface of specimen for tension test. And the material behavior of the hybrid thermoplastic composite immersed in salt water with definite time was investigated.

• Composites Research
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.383-389
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• 2020

열가소성 복합재료를 적용하여 자동차 도어 임팩트 빔을 설계하고 시생산을 통해 생산성 및 성능을 검증하였다. 자동차 안전법규는 지속적으로 강화되어 왔으며 최근 자동차 산업에서 경량화가 필수 요건이 되면서 고성능 경량 부품에 대한 요구가 크게 증대되고 있다. 본 연구는 섬유강화 열가소성 복합소재를 도입하여 기존 탄소강 제품 대비 경량화 되면서 성능은 향상된 도어 임팩트 빔 개발을 목표로 하였다. 연속섬유 복합재료와 장섬유 복합재료(LFT)를 혼합 적용한 도어 임팩트 빔 제작 공정을 제시하며, 생산성이 우수한 인서트 사출 공정을 활용하여 구현하였다. 시생산된 도어 임팩트 빔은 3점 굽힘 시험을 통하여 성능을 평가하였다. 열가소성 복합재료는 경량화 설계와 함께 높은 생산성 구현이 가능하여 다양한 자동차 부품으로 복합소재의 적용을 확대시킬 것이다.

• Composites Research
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 접착제를 구성하는 분자 결합 구조의 차이가 열가소성 복합재의 계면 특성에 미치는 영향을 판단하기 위해 진행되었다. 고온 오븐 접합 공정을 이용하여 carbonfiber/polyetherketoneketone(CF/PEKK) 열가소성 복합재료를 융합 접합, polyetheretherketone(PEEK), polyetherimide(PEI) 접착제 접합하였다. 그리고 lap 전단 강도 시험과 디지털 광학 현미경과 주사 전자 현미경을 이용한 파단면 분석, FTIR 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 접착제 접합은 CF/PEKK와 접착제를 구성하는 주요 결합기인 에테르기, 케톤기, 이미드기의 결합이 증가한 인터페이즈를 형성하여 접착 강도를 강화시켰다. 그리고, 에테르기와 케톤기를 더 많이 함유한 PEEK를 사용하는 것이 더 강한 결합력을 갖는 인터페이즈를 형성하여, 복합재의 접착 강도를 향상시켰다.