Pultrusion manufacturing, materials testing, and life cycle assessment of thermoplastic GFRP composites

dc.contributor.advisorSaha, Gobinda
dc.contributor.authorMackin, Christopher Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:28:35Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:28:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:02:22Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis pertains to the development of novel thermoplastic (TP) polymer-based glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites in a pultrusion manufacturing method. Thermosetting (TS) -based composites have a limited ability to absorb impacting energy and deform in the transversal direction. The idea that TP polymer is a suitable alternative to conventional TS polymer in pultrusion manufacturing processes has been tried by the composite community before. For the first time, however, this thesis assessed the plausability of this shift via a holistic research approach combining: TP-integrated GFRP manufacturing via pultrusion, mechanical and environmental property characterization of pultruded composites, and a novel life cycle framework (LCF) to estimate/analyze economic and environmental impact from ideation to end-of-life of pultruded TP vs TS -based GFRP. The novel TP composites were found to be manufacturable with comparable mechanical properties to TS counterparts, similar energy and environmental impacts, and up to 25% less expensive to manufacture.
dc.description.copyright©Christopher Mackin, 2021
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dc.format.extentx, 129 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13929
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineMechanical Engineering
dc.titlePultrusion manufacturing, materials testing, and life cycle assessment of thermoplastic GFRP composites
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Science in Engineering.
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.Sc.E.

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