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Polymer-Based Composite Structures: Processing and Applications

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The present chapter focuses on the processing and applications of polymer-based composite structures, as they constitute an important class of materials and share a significant part of engineering material market. These processing techniques are hand layup, vacuum bag, pressure bag, filament winding, pultrusion, resin transfer molding, vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, compression molding, structural reaction injection molding, structural foam reaction injection molding, sandwich molding, etc.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, India, for carrying out this work.

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    S. D. Sharma, L. Sowntharya & Kamal K. Kar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rewa Engineering College, Rewa, 486002, India

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  3. Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Kamal K. Kar

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Sharma, S.D., Sowntharya, L., Kar, K.K. (2017). Polymer-Based Composite Structures: Processing and Applications. In: Kar, K. (eds) Composite Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49514-8_1

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