Advanced Manufacturing Technologies of Thermoplastic Composites
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2024) | Viewed by 21464
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thermoplastic composites are increasingly being applied to aerospace and automotive engineering owing to their versatile properties, such as excellent fracture toughness and impact resistance, cycling possibility, infinite shelf life, etc. One of the most attractive properties of thermoplastic composites is that they can be fabricated using out-of-autoclave (OOA) techniques such as thermal forming, welding, 3D printing, etc., which provides them with super cost-effective manufacturing processes. Based on the driving force from the continuous increase of the demand in aircraft and automotive industries combined with the requirement to lower the environmental impacts of aviation emissions, the thermoplastic composite market is expected to show an exponential increase in the coming decades. However, there are still numerous scientific and technical knowledge gaps in their manufacturing processes which suppress the readiness levels and hence limit their current applications. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to gain deeper insights into the physical evolution mechanisms of the advanced manufacturing techniques of thermoplastic composites, thus laying a solid foundation for their further industrial application. We welcome submissions covering but not limited to the following topics which list in the keywords.
Dr. Tian Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermoplastic composites
- thermoplastic resins
- manufacturing techniques
- physical mechanisms
- processing modeling
- mechanical evaluation
- functional design
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