Sivakumar, Dhar Malingam (2012) FORMING ANALYSIS OF SELF-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE BASED COMPOSITE-ALUMINIUM HYBRID STRUCTURES. In: 3rd International Conference on Engineering and ICT (ICEI2012), 4 – 5 April 2012, Melaka, Malaysia.
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Abstract
This study investigates the formability of hybrid structures made of self reinforced polypropylene and aluminium also known as Fibre-Metal Laminates (FML). Comparisons between FML and monolithic aluminium revealed that FML possess better formability characteristics than monolithic aluminium. Moreover FML gives a 27% weight reduction compared to monolithic aluminium. Comparison between FML and monolithic aluminium surface strain results show FML system having a more uniform strain distribution further enhancing the quality of the final part using this class of material. Furthermore the work required to form FML is 30% less than for monolithic aluminium. The experimental results obtained in the present study shows FML systems have the potential to be adapted to high volume production technique of stamp forming.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering > Department of Structure and Materials |
| Depositing User: | Dr Sivakumar Dhar Malingam |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2012 03:04 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2015 02:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4173 |
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