The use of pulsed infrared technology to monitor composite consolidation

摘要

Of the many on-goira research activities at the University of Delaware's Center for Composite Materials (CCM), none better demonstrates the Center's expertise in process modelling and simulation, sensing and process control than the RAPTECH-ACM (Rapid Placement Technology for Affordable Composites Manufacturing) programme. Awarded in 1994 under an ARPA grant funded through the Army Research Office, RAPTECH-ACM is a follow-on the earlier, ARPA-funded RAPTECH-PMC, rapid Placement Technology for Polymer-Matrix Composites) programme.