This thesis reports a study on the melt impregnation and weaving of glass/PP pre-preg tapes into sheet for use as the precursor for pressed thermoplastic composite products, and a comparison of the properties attainable with those achievable by other comparable routes. Melt impregnation has been used successfully to manufacture well-impregnanted tapes of polypropylene and glass fibres, with and without coupling agent. It appears that weaving could be an economically viable process for converting unidirectional tape into a press-formable pre-preg.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:633012 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Al-Zubaidy, Majeed Nahee Shail |
| Publisher | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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