1. Discontinuous Fiber Composites, Volume II.
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Osswald, Tim, Kuhn, Christoph, and Osswald, Tim
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Research & information: general ,CNTs ,Carbon nanotubes ,PA6 ,additive manufacturing ,additive tooling ,beads ,calibration ,carbon fiber ,carbon fiber recycling ,carbon fiber sheet molding compound (CF-SMC) ,closed cells ,composite foams ,composites ,compression molding ,compression moulding ,computational modelling ,computed tomography (CT) ,conductivity ,core region ,direct fiber simulation ,direct fiber simulation (DFS) ,discontinuous ,discontinuous fiber composites (DFC) ,electric fields ,electrical resistivity ,energy density ,fiber breakage ,fiber concentration ,fiber content ,fiber length ,fiber length distribution (FLD) ,fiber microstructure ,fiber orientation ,fiber orientation models ,fiber reinforced plastics ,fiber reinforced thermoplastics ,fibres ,finite element analysis ,glass ,glass fiber ,glass fibers ,hybrid composites ,image processing ,injection molding ,injection molding compounding ,isotropic ,layer thickness ,lightweight design ,long fiber ,long fiber reinforced plastics ,long fiber reinforced thermoplastics ,long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT) ,long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics ,long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs) ,long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics ,mechanistic model ,mechanistic modelling ,modeling ,moulding compounds ,n/a ,nanocomposites ,optimisation ,orientation ,pARD-RSC ,parameter-optimization ,plastics processing ,polyamide ,polymer composites ,polymer-matrix composites (PMCs) ,polypropylene ,prepreg platelet molding compound (PPMC) ,process simulation ,randomly oriented strands (ROS) ,rapid tooling ,recoating ,recoating speed ,recycling ,selective laser sintering ,sheet molding compound ,sheet molding compound (SMC) ,shell region ,short fiber reinforced ,short fiber reinforcement ,sliding plate rheometer ,smoothed particle hydrodynamics ,stereolithography ,tensile ,thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer ,tow-based discontinuous composite (TBDC) ,wet laid - Abstract
Summary: Discontinuous fiber-reinforced polymers have gained importance in transportation industries due to their outstanding material properties, lower manufacturing costs and superior lightweight characteristics. One of the most attractive attributes of discontinuous fiber-reinforced composites is the ease with which they can be manufactured in large numbers, using injection and compression molding processes. The main aim of this Special Issue is to collect various investigations focused on the processing of discontinuous fiber-reinforced composites and the effect that processing has on fiber orientation, fiber length and fiber density distributions throughout the final product. Papers presenting investigations on the effect that fiber configurations have on the mechanical properties of the final composite products and materials were welcome in the Special Issue. Researchers who model and simulate processes involving discontinuous fiber composites as well as those performing experimental studies involving these composites were welcomed to submit papers. The authors were encouraged to present new models, constitutive laws, and measuring and monitoring techniques to provide a complete framework on these groundbreaking materials and to facilitate their use in different engineering applications.