Hybrid Single Shot Manufacturing of Multi-Materials Structure for Automotive Applications

.............................................................................................................................ii DEDICATIONS ........................................................................................................................ v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................................... vi LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................... x LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................ xi 1. MOTIVATION AND INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1 1.1 Hybrid components ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Thermoset-thermoplastic components ........................................................................... 4 1.3 Introduction of Hybrid Single Shot (HSS) method .......................................................... 10 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH GAPS ......................................................13 2.1 Literature review ........................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Similar processes ........................................................................................................... 18 2.3 Summary of research gaps ............................................................................................ 20 3. AIMS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK ............................................................22 4. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MANUFACTURING CF/EPOXY—THERMOPLASTIC HYBRID STRUCTURES IN A SINGLE OPERATION .....................................................25 4.1 Experimental investigations .......................................................................................... 26 4.1.1 Experimental setup and manufacturing approach................................................. 26 4.1.2 Materials ................................................................................................................ 27 4.1.3 Experimental procedure ........................................................................................ 28 4.1.4 Experimental results and discussion ...................................................................... 29