The objective of this study is to design a pultrusion die with a desired temperature profile. Design optimization programs were developed to synthesize the number of cartridge heaters, power input and location of each cartridge heater for a laboratory-scale pultrusion die. This is the first step in developing a pultrusion control process. Before this can be done, a thorough understanding of the pultrusion process is required. The parameters investigated are fiber-resin mixture, degree of curing, production temperature profile and pulling speed. It was found that these parameters are interrelated. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/44259 |
| Date | 18 August 2009 |
| Creators | Awa, Teck Wah |
| Contributors | Mechanical Engineering, West, Robert L. Jr., Stern, Curtis H., Nelson, Douglas J., Vick, Brian L. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | xi, 128 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 24036928, LD5655.V855_1991.A83.pdf |
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