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<p>Polymeric composites -- Industrial applications<br />Polymeric composites -- Mechanical properties<br />Soy oil -- Research<br />Pultrusion<br />Polyols</p>
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Manufacturing And Characterization Of Soy-Based Pultruded Polyurethane Composites, Rama Bhadra Raju Vuppalapati
Manufacturing And Characterization Of Soy-Based Pultruded Polyurethane Composites, Rama Bhadra Raju Vuppalapati
Masters Theses
"In the recent past, composites have been finding various applications in civil infrastructure, marine, transportation, automotive and non-automotive applications by replacing metals in structural components. Pultrusion is considered to be a cost effective method for manufacturing composite materials.
Polyurethane resin systems form a good alternative to the conventional styrene based systems in pultrusion due to their better physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Polyols derived from soybean oil along with isocyanates produce polyurethanes that can match in many aspects with one derived from the petrochemical polyols. Even though, polyurethanes have good properties there are lots of challenges like designing unique material …