U.S.-Egypt Cooperative Research: Design and Manufacture of Stitch Bonded Thermoplastic Textile Composites

描述：该奖项是为了支持阿拉巴马州奥本大学纺织工程系副教授Sabit Adanur博士和埃及开罗国家研究中心纺织研究部的Samy E. Shalaby博士的合作项目。这两位科学家计划设计、制造、测试和分析缝粘合层状热塑性复合材料。该研究将解决目前可用的复合材料的缺点，包括高成本和缺乏明确的设计和制造规则。热塑性材料由于具有许多优点，作为复合材料的主要基体材料的使用正在增加。该研究将涉及传统和高性能热塑性基体材料。将研究复合材料的回收利用，并分析由此产生的第二代材料的机械性能。研究热塑性复合材料的破坏机制、损伤抗力和容限，以及现场条件对层状复合材料结构的影响，并建立机理模型。范围：该奖项将允许具有重要技术背景和专业知识的埃及和美国科学家合作开展拟议的研究。美国科学家将开发拼接方法和纺织预制体结构。这位埃及科学家将改进树脂和增强材料之间的界面。化学分析和测试将在埃及进行，机械测试将在美国进行。该研究项目将帮助美国复合材料制造公司向民用领域多元化发展。它将帮助埃及私营纺织公司参与纺织结构复合材料的设计、开发和制造。该提案符合INT的目标，即在有利于双方的领域增加美国与外国的合作。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。

Description: This award is for support of a cooperative project by Dr. Sabit Adanur, Associate Professor, Department of Textile Engineering at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, and Dr. Samy E. Shalaby of the Textile Research Division in the National Research Center in Cairo, Egypt. The two scientists plan to design, fabricate, test and analyze stitch bonded laminar thermoplastic composites. The research will address the disadvantages of currently available composites including high cost and lack of well-defined design and manufacturing rules. Thermoplastic material use is increasing as the principal matrix material for composites due to many advantages. The research will involve traditional and high performance thermoplastic matrix materials. The recycling of composites will be investigated and the mechanical properties of the resulting second-generation materials will be analyzed. Failure mechanisms, damage resistance and tolerance of thermoplastic composite materials, and the effects of field conditions on laminar composite structures will be investigated and the mechanistic models will be developed. Scope: This award will allow collaboration between Egyptian and US scientists who have significant technical background and expertise to carry out the proposed research. The US scientist will develop the stitching method and textile preform structures. The Egyptian scientist will improve the interface between resin and reinforcement material. Chemical analysis and testing will be done in Egypt and mechanical testing will be done in the United States. This research project will help the US composite manufacturing companies to diversify into civilian applications. It will help the private Egyptian textile companies to participate in the design, development and manufacture of textile structural composites. This proposal meets the INT objective of increasing US-foreign collaboration in areas that benefit both sides. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.