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Functionally graded polymer composites: Simulation of fiber distribution

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Centrifugation is a method to create functionally graded materials (FGM) with a thermosetting matrix. In this study the movement of short carbon fibers in an epoxy resin during the centrifugation process was modeled to determine the fiber distribution in the final product. For this purpose a form factorK was introduced to modify a set of equations that was previously shown to be valid for the motion of spheres. It was shown that the results of the simulation were in good agreement with the experimental data, when an empiricalK factor of four was chosen.

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  1. Korea Institute of Science & Technology, 136-791, Seoul, Korea

    Chul Rim Choe

  2. Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (IVW), D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    C. Klingshirn & K. Friedrich

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dedicated to the retirement of Dr. Un Young Kim

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Choe, C.R., Klingshirn, C. & Friedrich, K. Functionally graded polymer composites: Simulation of fiber distribution. Macromol. Res. 10, 236–239 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218311

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