Developments and future prospects of welding technology for carbon fiber thermoplastic composites
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Liu, Jiaming, Quan, Dong, Scarselli, Gennaro, Alderliesten, Rene, Wang, Hao and Zhao, Guoqun. 2025. "Developments and future prospects of welding technology for carbon fiber thermoplastic composites." Composites Part B: Engineering. 297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2025.112314
Article Title | Developments and future prospects of welding technology for carbon fiber thermoplastic composites |
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ERA Journal ID | 4883 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Liu, Jiaming, Quan, Dong, Scarselli, Gennaro, Alderliesten, Rene, Wang, Hao and Zhao, Guoqun |
Journal Title | Composites Part B: Engineering |
Journal Citation | 297 |
Article Number | 112314 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2025 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1359-8368 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2025.112314 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359836825002045 |
Abstract | Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (TPCs) attracted significant attentions from the aerospace, transportation, and defense industries, due to their high specific stiffness and specific strength, outstanding thermal stability and good damage resistance, etc. As the demand of TPCs significantly increased for aerospace applications, the development of advanced joining technologies for TPC components becomes critical to ensure the structural integrity of aviation structures. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the historical development and recent advancements in welding technologies for TPCs, including ultrasonic welding, induction welding, resistance welding, and laser welding. Special emphasis is placed on ultrasonic welding due to its growing prominence in the field. The characteristics of various types of welding technologies for TPCs have been systematically discussed. Simultaneously, the strengths of the TPC joints manufactured by different welding technologies have been summarized and compared. The future development trend and research focuses for the welding technologies of TPC components are also proposed. |
Keywords | Aviation applications; Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites; Welding; Joint/joining |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401602. Composite and hybrid materials |
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Byline Affiliations | Shandong University, China |
University of Salento, Italy | |
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | |
Centre for Future Materials |
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