Book chapter
Attribute Based Selection of Thermoplastic Resin for Vacuum Infusion Process: A Decision Making Methodology
The composite industry looks toward a new material system (resins) based on thermoplastic polymers for the vacuum infusion process, similar to the infusion process using thermosetting polymers. A large number of thermoplastics are available in the market with a variety of properties suitable for different engineering applications, and few of those are available in a not yet polymerised form suitable for resin infusion.
The proper selection of a new resin system among these thermoplastic polymers is a concern for manufactures in the current scenario and a special mathematical tool would be beneficial. In this paper, the authors introduce a new decision making tool for resin selection based on significant attributes.
This article provides a broad overview of suitable thermoplastic material systems for vacuum infusion process available in today’s market. An illustrative example—resin selection for vacuum infused of a wind turbine blade—is shown to demonstrate the intricacies involved in the proposed methodology for resin selection.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IGI global |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 267-288 |
ISBN: | 1280781556 , 1466618671 , 146661868x , 1621989569 , 9781280781551 , 9781466618671 , 9781466618688 and 9781621989561 |
Types: | Book chapter |
DOI: | 10.4018/978-1-4666-1867-1.ch016 |
ORCIDs: | Løgstrup Andersen, Tom |