@inproceedings{0413ea6423ce4e3cb8d4a9be9c98d795,
title = "Experimental investigation of inter-layer thermal contact resistance and its relevance for consolidation of thermoplastic composites",
abstract = "Carbon fiber reinforced plastics with thermoplastic matrices have become more important for industrial applications. A key factor for efficient processing of CFRP with thermoplastic matrix is the heating and cooling process of the material during consolidation. This process is governed by thermal conductance within the material on the one hand and by inter-layer thermal contact resistance on the other hand. In this paper we present an experimental setup as well as an evaluation method to calclulate the contact resistance between several layers. In comparison to unconsolidated samples, perfectly consolidated samples show a much better thermal conductivity. This indicates that contact resistance between unconsolidated layers does significantly decrease the overall thermal conductivity of samples which consist of multiple unconsolidated layers. Consequently, the time which is needed for heating processes increases. We can conclude, that interlayer-contact resistance is a phenomenon which must be considered, for the correct modelling of heating and cooling processes during manufacturing.",
keywords = "Consolidation, Contact resistance, PA-6, Thermal contact, Thermal modelling, Through-thickness properties",
author = "Schaefer, {Philipp M.} and Silke Kreuzhage and Swen Zaremba and Klaus Drechsler",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM. All rights reserved.; 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2016 ; Conference date: 26-06-2016 Through 30-06-2016",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials",
publisher = "European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM",
booktitle = "ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials",
}