Variation of the structure and permeability of tensioned fiber layers during impregnation with a thermoplastic polymer melt |
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Authors: | V P Stavrov V V Stavrov N V Pankova K Friedrich |
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Institution: | (1) Belarus State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus;(2) Institute of Composite Materials, Kaiserslautern, Germany |
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Abstract: | The influence of displacements of tensioned fibers on the impregnation of fibrous layers with a polymer melt and on the final
composite structure is studied. Using computer simulation, it is shown that, during impregnation, the structure of tensioned
fibrous layers changes considerably depending on the initial arrangement and tensioning of fibers. The consolidated regions
formed under the melt front move inside the impregnated layer with the advancing melt front. Displacement of the tensioned
fibers as well as the formation of “washouts” favors the impregnation of internal layers, but cause significant inhomogeneity
of the polymer structure. The surface (on the side of the melt flow) regions are more saturated with the polymer than the
internal ones. A difference in the melt percolation mechanisms at various impregnation regimes is revealed. The effective
permeability coefficients of a tensioned fiber layer are not constant but depend on the conditions and regimes of impregnation.
Submitted to the 11th Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, June 11–15, 2000).
Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 259–270, March–April, 2000. |
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Keywords: | thermoplastic polymer melt fiber layer tension impregnation structure permeability |
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