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EPSRC Reference: GR/H54324/01
Title: FABRICATION AND PERFORMANCE OF STRESSED COMPONENTS WITH INSERTS
Principal Investigator: Rudd, Professor CD
Other Investigators:
Warrior, Professor N Middleton, Dr V
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Ellis Developments Ltd
Department: Sch of Mech Materials Manuf Eng Mgt
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Scheme: LINK
Starts: 01 December 1993 Ends: 30 November 1996 Value (£): 284,858
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Materials Processing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing Transport Systems and Vehicles
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The industrial partners will use modern embroidery machines to lay down reinforcing fibres as exact size preforms wuitable for components of complex shape. Preforms may include cut-outs which could be embroidered directly onto sheets of woven or random reinforcement material. The University programme will address two main areas: processability and design. Processability will, in the main, be concerned with measurements of permeability on a macro- and micro-scale and with the flow of resin through the preforms. The design aspects are concerned with the relationships between the specification of the embroidery design, the load requirements, processing performance and subsequent mechanical performance of the cured composite.
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