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Fiber fracture in reinforced thermoplastic processing
Author(s) -
von Turkovich Richard,
Erwin Lewis
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760231309
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , shearing (physics) , volume fraction , thermoplastic , fiber , suspension (topology) , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics
The length reduction of reinforcing fibers in short‐fiber reinforced plastics during processing has been studied experimentally. It has been shown that fiber volume fraction, initial length, and initial state of dispersion have little effect on the final fiber length. In dilute suspension theory based on shearing flow conditions and fiber properties the flow stresses are found to be compatible with the experimental results and results which are found in the literature.