| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M29542/01 |
| Title: |
NEAR-NET SHAPE PROCESSING OF HEAVILY FILLED THERMOSETTING COMPOUNDS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Day, Professor AJ |
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| Department: |
Mechanical and Medical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Bradford |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
23 February 1999 |
Ends: |
22 August 2002 |
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54,993
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Processing |
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Friction materials are resin-bonded fibre reinforced composites which are specially formulated and processed to provide acceptable friction and wear properties combined with adequate mechanical strength and thermal resistance. This research programme will characterise existing commercial materials to obtain information on their mechanical and thermophysical properties. A special temperature controlled ram extrusion cell will be designed to fit into an existing compression testing machine allowing reacting extrusion properties of these materials to be investigated. The data from these experiments will then be used in material and extrusion process models using the ABAQUS finite element package. Validation and refinement of the ABAQUS models will be carried out by correlating results from suitable models with those from pilot scale extrusion processing equipment. The sensitivity of material and process variables will be investigated allowing critical variables to be established. The research will generate mechanical property data for heavily filled thermoset materials, increase understanding of their processing kinetics, provide validated material and processing models, make recommendations for the design of new processing equipment and technology and provide new techniques to strengthen current approaches to friction material design, formulation and manufacture.
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http://www.brad.ac.uk |