Modelling short fibre polymer reinforcements for composites
P. Laure, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
L. Silva and M. Vincent, Mines-Paristech, France
Abstract:
The chapter is focused on fibre-reinforced thermoplastics. The fibre reinforcement improves their mechanical properties but the fibre orientation which results from the injection moulding process has a major influence. The chapter contains results of experimental observations of fibre length distribution, concentration and orientation for complex enough situations in order to describe problems encountered in real industrial processes. Then, the models which allow describing the evolution of fibre orientation in a flow motion are exposed. Finally, computations ...
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