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Selected Projects

SWING

Modelling and simulation of the manufacture-dependent shrinkage
behaviour of glass-fibrereinforced 36epoxy resins for the improved
prediction of surface-waviness and warpage

The aim of the project is to improve our understanding of the process-de- Period
pendent shrinkage-induced volume change effects during the processing of 01.02.2019 – 31.01.2022
thermoset fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs). To date, the influence of processing
pressure on the crosslinking reaction has not been the subject of systematic Project Director
process-related investigations. Test methods are developed and used to an- Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Maik Gude
alyze the phenomena occurring in the process on a laboratory scale.
Contact Person
Extensive parameter studies are used to investigate the influence of differ- Michael Müller-Pabel
ent process parameters on the formation of surface effects, using various 2D Dr.-Ing. Ilja Koch
and 3D measurement methods. The structural analysis serves as an essential
input variable for the numerical process simulation using material-adapted Funding
constitutive laws. German Research Foundation (DFG)

Project Partner
IKV of RWTH Aachen

Micro-structure analysis of a glass-fibre (GF) reinforced epoxy resin Topology of an GF-epoxy surface generated by 3D laserprofilometry

Funded by

German Research Foundation

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