Lap shear strength comparison between two types of random carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites bonded using variable frequency microwaves (VFM) irradiation
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Article Title | Lap shear strength comparison between two types of random carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites bonded using variable frequency microwaves (VFM) irradiation |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ku, Harry S. (Author), Siores, Elias (Author) and Ball, James A. R. (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing |
Journal Citation | 9 (6), pp. 353-361 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2002 |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-4870/ |
Abstract | [Abstract]: Fibre reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite materials have very strong development in the last 10-12 years because of their potential advantages and unique characteristics that cannot be found in their thermosett counterparts. This paper compares the lap shear bond strengths of 2 types of random carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites joined by microwave energy. Variable frequency microwave (VFM) (2 – 18 GHz) facilities are used to join thirty three percent by weight random carbon fibre reinforced low density polyethylene [LDPE/CF (33%)] and thirty three percent by weight random carbon fibre reinforced polystyrene [PS/GF (33%)]. With a given power level, the composites were exposed to various exposure times to microwave irradiation. The lap shear strengths of the joints were compared with those obtained using fixed frequency (2.45 GHz) microwave facility configuration. The VFMF was operated under software control, which provided automatic data logging facilities |
Keywords | variable frequency microwaves (vfm), complex relative permittivity, loss tangent, carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites, lap shear strength |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401602. Composite and hybrid materials |
Public Notes | Deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. 'The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-4870/.' |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering |
University of Bolton, United Kingdom | |
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y242/lap-shear-strength-comparison-between-two-types-of-random-carbon-fibre-reinforced-thermoplastic-matrix-composites-bonded-using-variable-frequency-microwaves-vfm-irradiation
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