| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J00168/01 |
| Title: |
MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF THE FLOW BEHAVIOUR OF GLASS MAT THERMOPLASTICS (GMTS) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Gibson, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Mech Materials & Manuf Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Newcastle University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 August 1993 |
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31 January 1997 |
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157,994
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Isothermal rheological measurements will be made on GMTs using a servohydraulic testing machine with temperature-controlled squeeze-flow dies. The die geometries used will include circular, to give a biaxial flow field, and flat channel to give a plane strain flow field.A hydraulic forging press will be modified and equipped to enable testpieces to be stamped under conditions comparable to those in a manufacturing operation. The following regions of processing behaviour will be modelled: initial homogeneous deformation; the point at which the fibre network ceases to flow; the deformation of the fibre bed; squeezing out of resin that occur at the highest strains.
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk |