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Flow-induced alignment in composite materials

Edited by T D Papthanasiou, University of South Carolina and D C Guell, Los Alomos National Laboratory, USA

Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering No. 6

...Strongly recommended.
Applied Mechanics Reviews

A unique and well-prepared reference book for researchers who work in the field of modelling and processing of discontinuous fiber-reinforced composite.
Applied Mechanics Reviews

The purpose of aligning short fibres in a fibre-reinforced material is to improve the mechanical properties of the resulting composite. Aligning the fibres, generally in a preferred direction, allows them to contribute as much as possible to reinforcing the material.

Flow induced alignment in composite materials details, in a single volume, the science, processing, applications, characterisation and properties of composite materials reinforced with short fibres that have been orientated in a preferred direction by flows arising during processing. The topics discussed include fibre alignment and materials rheology; processes that can produce fibre alignment in polymeric, liquid crystal polymeric, and metallic composites; materials characterization and mechanical properties; and modelling of processes and materials properties.

The technology of fibre-reinforced composites is continually evolving and this book provides timely and much needed information about this important class of engineering materials. The bookis an essential reference work for industry and an indispensable guide for the research worker, advanced student and materials scientist.

ISBN 1 85573 254 8
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 254 4
October 1997
384 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£155.00 / US$265.00 / €185.00

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About the editors

Dr Papathanasiou obtained his engineering diploma from the National technical University of Athens and his PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University. Between 1992 and 1997 he was Unilever Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London and he is currently Associate professor at the University of South Carolina, USA.

Dr Geull received his BS in chemical engineering from Iowa State University and his MS and PhD in chemical engineering from MIT. He was then awarded a Director's Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National laboratory and later accepted a position as a technical staff member there.

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Contents

Current applications and future prospects
 - A brief survey of composites
 - Flow processes for producing aligned fiber polymer matrix composites
 - Flow processes for producing aligned fiber metal-matrix composites
 - Flow processes for producing aligned fiber ceramic-matrix composites
 - Future prospects
 - References

Fiber-fiber and fiber-wall interactions during the flow of non-dilute suspensions
 - Single fiber motion
 - Orientation characterization
 - Fiber-fiber interactions
 - Concentrated suspensions
 - Fiber-wall interactions
 - Summary and outlook
 - References

Macroscopic modelling of the evolution of fibre orientation during flow
 - Theory
 - Numerical methods
 - Applications
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgement
 - Bibliography

Flow induced alignment in injection molding of fiber reinforced polymer composites
 - The injection molding process
 - Experimental observations for fiber orientation in injection molding
 - Prediction of fiber orientation in injection molding
 - Conclusion

Control and manipulation of fibre orientation in large scale processing
 - Application of SCORIM for weldline strength enhancement
 - Application of SCORIM for physical property enhancement
 - Control of porosity in thick-section mouldings
 - Control of fibre orientation in a selection of mould geometries
 - Extensions of the shear controlled orientation concept
 - References

Theory and simulation of shear flow induced microstructure in liquid crystalline polymers
 - Shear flow induced orientation phenomena in rod-like nematic polymers
 - Shear flow induced molecular alignment phenomena in rod-like nematic polymers
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgements

Mesostructural characterisation of aligned fibre composites
 - Optical reflection microscopy
 - Confocal laser scanning microscopy
 - Measurement errors in optical microscopy
 - Characterisation studies of fibre-reinforced composites
 - Future developments
 - Acknowledgements
 - References

Materials property modelling and design of short fibre composites
 - Modelling the stiffness of fully aligned materials
 - Effect of fibre aspect ratio on stiffness
 - Effect of constituent properties on stiffness
 - Modelling the effect of fibre orientation
 - Application in design and some results
 - Conclusions
 - References

Micromechanical modelling in aligned fiber composites
 - Boundary element method
 - Representative results
 - Conclusion
 - Literature