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Fabrication characteristics of a carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic resin

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Investigations are described which were designed to identify the origin of the phenomenon of kinking in carbon fibre-reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK). Preliminary observations upon the production and subsequent behaviour of specimens of the pure matrix resin led to the recognition of the inducement and subsequent relaxation of preferred molecular orientations, which could result from changes of temperature and pressure. These observations were followed by a series of experiments upon commercial prepreg, from which some of the critical parameters in kink formation were identified.

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Physics, University of Salford, M5 4WT, Salford, Lancashire, UK

    V. N. Kanellopoulos, B. Yates, G. H. Wostenholm & M. I. Darby

  2. Aircraft Group, Warton Division, British Aerospace plc., Warton, Preston, Lancashire, UK

    J. Eastham & D. Rostron

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  1. V. N. Kanellopoulos
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Kanellopoulos, V.N., Yates, B., Wostenholm, G.H. et al. Fabrication characteristics of a carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic resin. J Mater Sci 24, 4000–4003 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01168964

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