...Daniel Walczyk; Jaron Kuppers; Casey Hoffman Curing and consolidating thermoset composite laminates and sandwich structures typically involves vacuum bagging an uncured and formed layup over a thin-walled mold, placing it in an autoclave, and subjecting the entire unit to temperature, vacuum...

... deflection (i.e., shape changes) in a laminated construction, either clamped or bonded, is extremely important to promote widespread acceptance of the PEL method. This paper develops basic analytical structural models for both clamped and adhesively bonded PEL tools, which will allow tooling designers...

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...Li Liu; Jyhwen Wang Metal-polymer-metal laminate is an emerging material that has many potential applications. The laminated structure consists of two outer layers of sheet metal and a polymeric center core. The material offers excellent sound deadening properties and is being introduced...

...Jeremy T. Shook, Research Assistant, Mem. ASME; Daniel F. Walczyk, Associate Professor, Mem. ASME Profiled Edge Laminate (PEL) tooling is a rapid tooling method that uses a stacked array of vertically orientated thick laminae with profiled and beveled top edges to provide the desired surface shape...

...M. S. Won; C. K. H. Dharan Drilling tests were conducted on aramid and carbon fiber-reinforced composite laminates using an instrumented machining center. Machining parameters for the damage-free drilling of these materials were established together with semi-empirical relationships between...

...Feng Lin, Research Assistant Professor; Wei Sun, Assistant Professor, Mem. ASME This study presents an analysis of warping that occurs in the laminated object manufacturing process. Based on the study of thermal-mechanical behavior of the adhesive and its effect on the laminated materials...

... and Polymer-Laminated Steels ,” J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. , 12 , pp. 232 – 237 . Jaworski, J. A., 1997, Tribology and Formability Characteristics of Polymer-Laminated Steels , Master’s Thesis, University of Notre Dame. Kalpakjian, S., and Schmid. S. R., 2000, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology...