Auto-processing of very fine-scale composite materials by chaotic mixing of melts

• Published in: Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 37 - 47
• Main Authors: Zumbrunnen, D.A., Miles, K.C., Liu, Y.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1996; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; chaotic mixing; Exact sciences and technology; fine-scale composites; Industrial polymers. Preparations; Miscellaneous; Polymer industry, paints, wood; self-assembly; Technology of polymers; fine-scale composites; self-assembly; chaotic mixing; Low density ethylene polymer; Molten state; Preparation; Composite material; Fiber reinforced material; Structural analysis

A processing technique is presented in which very fine fibres or lamellae emerge from single or multiple, molten, discrete phase precursors contained within a continuous molten phase as a result of three-dimensional chaotic mixing. Conditions for chaotic mixing in a previously uninvestigated cylindr...