• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Theses & Dissertations
    • 2018 - Mines Theses & Dissertations
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Theses & Dissertations
    • 2018 - Mines Theses & Dissertations
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of Mines RepositoryCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Mines Links

    Arthur Lakes LibraryColorado School of Mines

    Statistics

    Display Statistics

    Advanced thermoplastic composites for wind turbine blade manufacturing

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    Cousins_mines_0052E_11635.pdf
    Size:
    3.867Mb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Author
    Cousins, Dylan S.
    Advisor
    Samaniuk, Joseph R.
    Dorgan, John R.
    Date issued
    2018
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/11124/172810
    Abstract
    Fiber-reinforced polymer composites are an intriguing class of engineering materials that are increasingly exploited in the construction, aerospace, and energy sectors. Their high specific properties make them an ideal design choice where traditional engineering materials like metals are too heavy, or where unreinforced polymers are not stiff or strong enough. Furthermore, their anisotropic nature can be exploited for unique applications such as airfoils in aircraft wings or wind turbines. However, most structural composites use thermosetting polymers as their matrix, which presents several issues. Foremost is that thermosets cannot be easily recycled, so massive amounts of composite waste are landfilled at the end of a part’s service life. Secondly, thermoset subcomponents of a larger structure can only be joined using adhesives. Conversely, thermoplastic composites enable recycling after a part is retired from service and facilitate thermal joining of multi-part structures. Liquid infusible thermoplastic resins are beginning to emerge for use in vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, which is the method of manufacture for wind turbine blades. While infusible thermosetting resins have been well characterized, basic characterization of rheological and kinetic behavior for thermoplastic resins is lacking. The present work provides important experimental development and data aimed at characterization of infusible thermoplastic resin systems. A novel thermoplastic biobased resin system is also developed, which has potential for commercial use.
    Rights
    Copyright of the original work is retained by the author.
    Collections
    2018 - Mines Theses & Dissertations

    entitlement

     
    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2023)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.