Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Composites

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Flake C Campbell Jr
Elsevier, Dec 18, 2003 - Technology & Engineering - 532 pages
• One of very few books available to cover this subject area.
• A practical book with a wealth of detail.


This book covers the major manufacturing processes for polymer matrix composites with an emphasis on continuous fibre-reinforced composites. It covers the major fabrication processes in detail.


Very few books cover the details of fabrication and assembly processes for composites. This book is intended for the engineer who wants to learn more about composite processing: any one with some experience in composites should be able to read it. The author, who has 34 years experience in the aerospace industry, has intentionally left out mathematical models for processes so the book will be readable by the general engineer.


It differs from other books on composites manufacturing in focussing almost solely on manufacturing processes, while not attempting to cover materials, test methods, mechanical properties and other areas of composites.

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Contents

Chapter 2 Fibers and Reinforcements
39
Chapter 3 Thermoset Resins
63
Chapter 4 Cure Tooling
103
Chapter 5 Ply Collation
131
Chapter 6 Curing
175
Chapter 7 The Interaction of Chemical Composition and Processing on Laminate Quality
223
Chapter 8 Adhesive Bonding and Integrally Cocured Structures
241
Chapter 9 Liquid Molding
303
Chapter 10 Thermoplastic Composites
357
Chapter 11 Commercial Processes
399
Chapter 12 Assembly
439
Chapter 13 Nondestructive Inspection and Repair
471
Appendix A Metric Conversions
513
Index
515
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