Pultrusion: State-of-the-Art Process Models with Applications, Second Edition is a detailed guide to pultrusion, providing methodical coverage of process models and computation simulation, governing principles and science, and key challenges to help readers enable process optimization and scale-up. This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the latest advances, state-of-the-art process models, and governing principles. The main challenges in pultrusion, such as the process induced residual stresses, shape distortions, thermal history, species conversion, phase changes, impregnation of the reinforcements and pulling force are described, with related examples are provided.
Moreover, strategies for having a reliable and optimized process using probabilistic approaches and optimization algorithms are summarized. Another focus of this book is on the thermo-chemical and mechanical analyses of the pultrusion process for industrial profiles.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Pultrusion2. Main Challenges during the Pultrusion Process
3. Internal Geometry of a Pultruded Product
4. Thermokinetics and Curing Behaviour in Pultrusion
5. Residual Stresses and Shape Distortions in Pultrusion
6. Resin Flow and Reinforcement Impregnation in Pultrusion
7. Pulling Force Analysis in Pultrusion
8. Reliability Analysis of the Pultrusion Process
9. Process Optimisation and Design in Pultrusion
10. Summary of Pultrusion, Process Modelling, and Optimization
