Advanced Composites Manufacturing and Plastics Processing - Hardcover

by Patricia Krawczak (Guest Editor), Ludwig Cardon (Guest Editor)

This reprint focuses on the latest scientific development of advanced composites manufacturing and plastics processing. It contains research articles addressing new process developments, modeling/simulation, monitoring/control, and performance or application issues, with either experimental or numerical approaches. All types of polymers (thermoplastics or thermosets) and fibers/fillers (glass, carbon, ceramic, mineral, vegetal ...) are concerned, whether they come from recycled, bio-based, or fossil feedstocks. The contributions are clustered in three fields: (i) advanced composites manufacturing (coupling/hybridization of processes; automated fiber, yarn or tape placement and additive manufacturing; long fiber thermoplastics compounding; fibers and fabrics production; manufacturing of sustainable bio-based composites; laminated glass/polymer composites), (ii) machining, milling and drilling of polymers, composites and multi-materials laminates, and (iii) polymer processing and compounding (functionalization; plastics recycling).