Additive manufacturing-based in situ consolidation of continuous carbon fibre-reinforced polycarbonate
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Abstract
Continuous carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites have convincing anisotropic properties, which can be used to strengthen structural components in a local, variable and efficient way. In this study, an additive manufacturing (AM) process is introduced to fabricate in situ consolidated continuous fibre-reinforced polycarbonate. Specimens with three different nozzle temperatures were in situ consolidated and tested in a three-point bending test. Computed tomography (CT) is used for a detailed analysis of the local material structure and resulting material porosity, thus the results can be put into context with process parameters. In addition, a highly curved test structure was fabricated that demonstrates the limits of the process and dependent fibre strand folding be-haviours. These experimental investigations present the potential and the challenges of additive manufacturing-based in situ consolidated continuous fibre-reinforced polycarbonate.
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2450 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Materials |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 9 May 2021 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 85106599028 |
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ORCID | /0000-0003-2834-8933/work/142238244 |
ORCID | /0000-0003-1370-064X/work/142243408 |
WOS | 000650553400001 |
PubMed | 34065095 |
Keywords
Keywords
- composites, continuous fibres, flexural properties, in situ consolidation, porosity, Additive manufacturing, Composites, Continuous fibres, Flexural properties, In situ consolidation, Porosity