Manufacturing of Polymer Composites [Paperback]

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