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Newly Developed Rubber Pressure Molding Technique for Fabrication of Composites

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A new manufacturing method, i.e., rubber pressure molding (RPM) for processing of long fiber/fabric-reinforced polymer composites having complex geometry, is developed. Studies are conducted for performance evaluation of the newly proposed RPM using silicone, natural, polybutadiene, and styrene–butadiene rubbers. Polyester and epoxy resin are used with glass fiber fabric to manufacture the fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) products.

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Acknowledgment

The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the Indian Space Research Organization, India, for carrying out this work.

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  1. Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory, Materials Science Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

    S. D. Sharma & Kamal K. Kar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rewa Engineering College, Rewa, 486002, India

    S. D. Sharma

  3. Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Kamal K. Kar

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Sharma, S.D., Kar, K.K. (2017). Newly Developed Rubber Pressure Molding Technique for Fabrication of Composites. In: Kar, K. (eds) Composite Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49514-8_3

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