Print Email Facebook Twitter Processing of Fibre Reinforced Polymers by Controlled Radical Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerisation Title Processing of Fibre Reinforced Polymers by Controlled Radical Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerisation Author Staal, Jeroen (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Smit, Edgar (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Caglar, Baris (TU Delft Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies) Michaud, Véronique (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Contributor Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P. (editor) Michaud, Véronique (editor) Date 2022 Abstract Radical Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerisation (RICFP) has recently been proposed as a promising strategy for processing of epoxide carbon fibre reinforced polymers. Control of the local heat balance is crucial towards the production of industrial-quality composites, which is typically achieved via controlling the heat generation. In this work we present a comprehensive overview of RICFP processing of cycloaliphatic epoxide composites with enhance heat insulation. The thermal initiating compound was identified as the main component to control heat generation, which correlated well with the front velocity. A processing window was defined as function of the fibre and initiator contents and composites with to 45.8% Vf were successfully produced. Optimisation of resulting mechanical properties was made possible by optimisation of the heat balance, with matrix glass transition temperatures of up to 187°C achieved for the used cycloaliphatic system. Post-curing was found beneficial to overcome suggested inhomogeneous curing due to the dual-scale nature of fabrics. Subject frontal polymerizationcomposite processingfibre reinforced polymer composite To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a846b380-e498-45c6-af55-cae3900236cd Publisher EPFL Lausanne, Composite Construction Laboratory, Lausanne ISBN 978-2-9701614-0-0 Source Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability: Vol 2 – Manufacturing Event 20th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2022-06-26 → 2022-06-30, Lausanne, Switzerland Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 Jeroen Staal, Edgar Smit, Baris Caglar, Véronique Michaud Files PDF ECCM20_Vol_2_Jeroen.pdf 711.32 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a846b380-e498-45c6-af55-cae3900236cd/datastream/OBJ/view