Abstract
A 1‐D through‐the‐thickness transient heat transfer model is built to simulate the curing process of thick‐walled glass‐fibre‐reinforced anionic polyamide‐6 (APA‐6) composites. The temperature and the degree of polymerisation through the thickness of the composite are calculated and compared to the experimentally obtained results. The kinetic models describing the polymerisation behaviour of APA‐6 are implemented in the model. The kinetic model not taking into account the convection in the polymerisation process shows the best results. It is found that the predicted temperature profiles agree well with the experimental data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 722-729 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Materials and Engineering |
| Volume | 298 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2013 |
Keywords
- anionic polymerisation
- kinetics (polym.)
- Modeling
- Thermal properties
- Vacuum infusion