Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science

This report serves to summarise the projects and experiences gained with Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) throughout 5 months of Industrial Attachment. KIMS is an institute that focus on facilitating Research and Development (R&D), test and evaluation and provide technical support to...

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Main Author: Tan, Yu Jun
Other Authors: Chian Kerm Sin
Format: Industrial Attachment (IA)
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61701
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-617012023-03-04T19:36:59Z Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science Tan, Yu Jun Chian Kerm Sin School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering This report serves to summarise the projects and experiences gained with Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) throughout 5 months of Industrial Attachment. KIMS is an institute that focus on facilitating Research and Development (R&D), test and evaluation and provide technical support to materials related technology. The author works under the Composite Materials Group and her job scope includes dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and fabrication of composite samples. Although the author performed several different tasks related to composite materials, she will like to highlight 2 projects in this report, which are fabrication of CNTs/carbon fiber hybrid multiscale composites and fabrication of thick 3D-reinforced carbon/phenolic composites. CNTs with tube diameters on the nanometer scale have remarkably high aspect ratio, specific stiffness and strength in spite of low density. CNTs are ideal candidate for reinforcement in composite materials. By calendering, CNTs are dispersed into resins using 3-roll mill. The product from dispersion is then combined with carbon fabric to become hybrid multiscale composites. Different type of composites requires different fabrication techniques. In this report, fabrication of CNT/carbon fiber hybrid multiscale composites and fabrication of thick 3D-reinforced carbon/phenolic composites are clearly discussed. In this Industrial Attachment, the author learned that researchers need to have very good understanding on the materials and processes while doing experiments. They rely on experience and “trial and error” approaches to improve the manufacturability of a sample prototype. 2014-08-13T09:22:13Z 2014-08-13T09:22:13Z 2011 2011 Industrial Attachment (IA) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61701 en Nanyang Technological University 41 p. application/pdf
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Tan, Yu Jun
Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science
description This report serves to summarise the projects and experiences gained with Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) throughout 5 months of Industrial Attachment. KIMS is an institute that focus on facilitating Research and Development (R&D), test and evaluation and provide technical support to materials related technology. The author works under the Composite Materials Group and her job scope includes dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and fabrication of composite samples. Although the author performed several different tasks related to composite materials, she will like to highlight 2 projects in this report, which are fabrication of CNTs/carbon fiber hybrid multiscale composites and fabrication of thick 3D-reinforced carbon/phenolic composites. CNTs with tube diameters on the nanometer scale have remarkably high aspect ratio, specific stiffness and strength in spite of low density. CNTs are ideal candidate for reinforcement in composite materials. By calendering, CNTs are dispersed into resins using 3-roll mill. The product from dispersion is then combined with carbon fabric to become hybrid multiscale composites. Different type of composites requires different fabrication techniques. In this report, fabrication of CNT/carbon fiber hybrid multiscale composites and fabrication of thick 3D-reinforced carbon/phenolic composites are clearly discussed. In this Industrial Attachment, the author learned that researchers need to have very good understanding on the materials and processes while doing experiments. They rely on experience and “trial and error” approaches to improve the manufacturability of a sample prototype.
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title Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science
title_short Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science
title_full Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science
title_fullStr Overseas industrial attachment report completed at Korea institute of material science
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