Obande, W., Stankovic, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-4203-9515, Bajpai, A. et al. (6 more authors) (2023) Thermal reshaping as a route for reuse of end-of-life glass fibre-reinforced acrylic composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 257. 110662. ISSN 1359-8368
Abstract
Thermal reshaping has been employed to simulate the end-of-life reuse of liquid-resin-infused thermoplastic acrylic composite laminates, and the associated effects on matrix-dominated mechanical performance and microstructure have been studied. L-shaped laminates were infused at room temperature and subjected to 1 or 4 hot-press flattening cycles (25 min at 120 °C; 11 bar). Compared to the original references, up to 13% higher transverse flexural strengths were measured for the reprocessed laminates. Such a scheme may be readily implemented for high-value reuse without sacrificing fibre length scales, and with minimal cumulative mass loss over successive reheating cycles (10 cycles: 2% and 15 cycles: 2.6%). This study provides important insights to foster a greater understanding of the performance limits of hot-press reprocessing to inform the practical reuse and re-application of sustainable composites in a circular economy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Engineering; Materials Engineering; Aerospace Engineering; Responsible Consumption and Production |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2024 14:52 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2024 14:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110662 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210427 |