A novel dielectric sensor for process monitoring of carbon fibre composites manufacturing

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dc.contributor.authorTifkitsis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorSkordos, Alexandros A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-04T10:22:48Z
dc.date.available2019-07-04T10:22:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-13
dc.description.abstractA dielectric sensor appropriate for process monitoring of composites manufacture with carbon reinforcement has been developed in this study. The sensor concept overcomes problems of electrical sorting and interference with the electric field occurring when electrical/dielectric sensors are used with carbon reinforcement. The sensor comprises two uniformly twisted insulated copper wires. Two sensor designs based on the same concept have been implemented; a lineal sensor for flow front position tracking and a woven sensor used to monitor the cure. Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) processing has been employed to evaluate the lineal sensor performance against visual monitoring of the flow front. Vacuum Assisted RTM (VARTM) has been carried out to validate the results of the woven cure sensor against calorimetric cure kinetics models. Both the lineal flow and woven cure sensors provide accurate monitoring signals.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationTifkitsis K, Skordos AA. (2019) A novel dielectric sensor for process monitoring of carbon fibre composites manufacturing. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Volume 123, August 2019, pp. 180-189en_UK
dc.identifier.cris23445219
dc.identifier.issn1359-835X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.05.014
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14291
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectCarbon fibresen_UK
dc.subjectCuringen_UK
dc.subjectResin Transfer Moulding (RTM);en_UK
dc.subjectProcess monitoringen_UK
dc.titleA novel dielectric sensor for process monitoring of carbon fibre composites manufacturingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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