COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ›› 2021, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (10): 61-66.DOI: 10.19936/j.cnki.2096-8000.20211028.009

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Effects of automated placement process of lattice structure with thermoplastic composites on the inter-laminar shear strength

LIANG Yi-nan, YANG Rui*, WANG Jun-long, ZHANG Bo   

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
  • Received:2021-03-12 Online:2021-10-28 Published:2021-11-03

Abstract: In order to realize the fabrication of thermoplastic composite lattice structure based on the automated fiber placement and in-situ consolidation process, by taking the meso-scale thermoplastic composite laminate as a representative structure, aiming to improve its mechanical properties, this paper studies the meso-scale automated fiber placement and in-situ consolidation process through the experiment. Using interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) and micro morphology as characterization methods, the effect of automated placement and in-situ consolidation process parameters on the laminar mechanical properties were analyzed by a single factor experiments and response surface experiments, also a prediction model between parameters and mechanical properties was established. The results show that the influence of various processing parameters on ILSS in the test range was as follows: placement speed, placement pressure, placement temperature. And the interaction effects between the parameters were significant. The ILSS of specimen showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing with the increase of placement pressure and temperature, and a trend of decreasing with the increase of placement speed. The optimal combination of process parameters in the test range was obtained, that is, placement pressure 14 N, placement temperature 408 ℃ and placement speed 60 mm/min.

Key words: meso-scale, automated fiber placement and in-situ consolidation process, thermoplastic composites, process parameters

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