ABSTRACT

Some key parameters in the manufacturing process, such as curing temperature and manufacturing speed, should also be analyzed. Property investigation plays a key role in materials science to evaluate composites designed for special engineering applications. All three stages are not separated but interconnected. The integration can be summarized as composite design, processing optimization, and property relationships. The first two fields correspond to the interaction between the selected compositions or the manufacturing process and properties investigated, whereas the last relates to possible correlations between some simple measured parameters and more complex properties. The understanding of all these relationships is important in composite material science to meet the requirements for particular engineering applications.