| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R84610/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA: A novel approach to modelling ultrasonic wave propagation in thermoset materials with links to reaction kinetics |
| Principal Investigator: |
Challis, Professor RE |
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| Department: |
Sch of Electrical and Electronic Eng |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 November 2002 |
Ends: |
31 October 2004 |
Value (£): |
114,363
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Design of Process systems |
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
| Materials Characterisation |
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There is a need for techniques to track the cure of thermosets and to provide the basis for new process control schemes based on process models, and intelligent sensors. Ultrasound has the potential to monitor cure, detect gelation and vitrification, and possibly the molecular state of curing material. This proposal aims to develop new models of ultrasound propagation in curing thermosets which take account of microscopic inhomogeneity in the material and relate ultrasound phenomena to the kinetics of cure. This will provide the scientific basis for future shemes to model, track and control cure in an industrial context.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |