| Nano particles have shown the potential to improve the mechanical properties of fiber reinforced polymeric composites (FRPCs). Premixing nano particulate into the resin is a common approach to add nano particles into FRPC. However, well dispersed nanoparticles will greatly increase the resin viscosity and filtering of the nano particles is difficult to avoid. To solve these problems, a new method to pre-bind the nanoparticles onto the long fibers has been developed by our research group. To better understand the manufacturability of this new technique, processing study in the form of reinforcing fiber's compressibility and permeability of the porous medium has been studied. |
