A LOCAL THEORY OF HEATING IN CROSS-PLY CARBON-FIBER THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES BY MAGNETIC INDUCTION

被引:69
作者
FINK, BK [1 ]
MCCULLOUGH, RL [1 ]
GILLESPIE, JW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV DELAWARE,MAT SCI PROGRAM,NEWARK,DE 19716
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10.1002/pen.760320509
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TQ [化学工业];
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0817 ;
摘要
For joining and repair of continuous fiber thermoplastic composites, induction heating has been viewed a strong candidate. Induction heating employs an applied alternating magnetic field, which induces a rotational emf in a grid of conductive carbon fibers, which are then used to carry resulting currents. In continuous carbon fiber crossply composites the available paths for "eddy current" loops are along the network of conductive carbon fibers. For this to occur, an electrical transfer must take place between crossing fibers in adjacent plies. Tests involving variable thicknesses of inter-ply neat film layers have been performed to provide insight into the mechanisms taking place. These tests indicate that the primary mechanism for heating in such laminates is dielectric losses in the polymeric region between fibers in adjacent planes that form the conductive loop. Therefore, heating is not uniform in such composites despite a uniform magnetic flux. Heating patterns were viewed using liquid crystal materials and E-type thermocouples. Several factors leading to nonhomogeneous thermal distributions have been considered, including current density effects, internal emf cancellation, and rotational field effects. Global and local considerations are addressed, a localized model is proposed, and the corresponding theory is developed qualifying the early results. Additional testing has supported the theory.
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