Processing and characterization of a polymer matrix composite using variable frequency microwave heating
- Lambda Technologies, Raleigh, NC (United States)
- EniChem America Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (United States); and others
Variable frequency microwave energy was successfully applied to uniformly heat thermoset polymer matrix composite (PMC) materials consisting of glass-reinforced isocyanate/epoxy mixtures as well as graphite fiber-reinforced epoxy. Results of a series of materials processed via variable frequency microwave energy are compared with computed results from numerical modeling techniques. A finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique provides 2-D models of the electric and thermal field distributions inside the microwave cavity as well as inside the processed materials. The materials` physical and chemical characteristics from the empirical trials are evaluated for both variable and fixed frequency irradiation.
- OSTI ID:
- 269946
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505249-; TRN: 96:002970-0049
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 97. American Ceramic Society (ACS) annual meeting and exposition, Cincinnati, OH (United States), 1-4 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Ceramic transactions: Microwaves - theory and application in materials processing III. Volume 49; PB: 666 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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