T Centea, P Hubert - Journal of Composite Materials, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study investigated the effects of three pressure-related process deviations (reduced ambient pressure, reduced vacuum and restricted air evacuation) on the …
D Kim, T Centea, SR Nutt - Composites Science and Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
The cutting, lay-up and bagging of out-of-autoclave (OOA) prepregs for composite part fabrication can take from several days to weeks, depending on the desired part size. This …
In this study, we employ a parametric approach coupled with surface analysis to identify the source (s) of surface porosity and to develop effective mitigation strategies. Results …
P Hubert, T Centea, L Grunefelder, S Nutt… - … composite materials II, 2018 - hal.science
The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the processing aspects of out-of- autoclave (OOA) prepregs. This chapter serves as a design guideline for the definition of …
MS Wu, T Centea, SR Nutt - Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Effective strategies for the reuse and recycling of in-process prepreg waste are needed to reduce economic and environmental costs. In this paper, we investigate the compression …
D Kim, T Centea, SR Nutt - Composites Science and Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Out-time and moisture absorption during out-of-autoclave (OoA) prepreg preparation are generally unavoidable. The resulting cross-linking and increase in resin viscosity can …
Prepregs with discontinuous resin (semi-pregs) impart robustness to vacuum-bag-only processing of composites. Limited guidance exists for evaluating advantageous resin …
ABSTRACT Out-of-autoclave (OOA) prepreg processing is a new manufacturing method for high performance composites that seeks to reduce costs and increase production flexibility …
Abstract Vacuum-bag-only (VBO) semipreg processing now produces flat panels and coupon-level parts with high-quality and performance. Still, the primary aim for the …