Carbon fiber reinforced plastics/polymers (CFRPs) offer excellent mechanical properties that lead to enhanced functional performance and, in turn, wide applications in numerous industrial fields. Post machining of CFRPs is an essential procedure that assures that the manufactured components meet their dimensional tolerances, surface quality and other functional requirements, which is currently considered an extremely difficult process due to the highly nonlinear, inhomogeneous, and abrasive nature of CFRPs. In this paper, a comprehensive literature review on machining of CFRPs is given with a focus on five main issues including conventional and unconventional hybrid processes for CFRP machining, cutting theories and thermal/mechanical response studies, numerical simulations, tool performance and tooling techniques, and economic impacts of CFRP machining. Given the similarities in the experimental and theoretical studies related to the machining of glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRPs) and other FRPs parallel insights are drawn to CFRP machining to offer additional understanding of on-going and promising attempts in CFRP machining.
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Northwestern University,
e-mail: dche@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern University,
e-mail: ishansaxena2013@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern University,
e-mail: peidonghan2014@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern University,
e-mail: pingguo2009@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern University,
e-mail: k-ehmann@northwestern.edu
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June 2014
Technology Review
Machining of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Polymers: A Literature Review
Demeng Che,
Northwestern University,
e-mail: dche@u.northwestern.edu
Demeng Che
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: dche@u.northwestern.edu
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Ishan Saxena,
Northwestern University,
e-mail: ishansaxena2013@u.northwestern.edu
Ishan Saxena
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: ishansaxena2013@u.northwestern.edu
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Peidong Han,
Northwestern University,
e-mail: peidonghan2014@u.northwestern.edu
Peidong Han
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: peidonghan2014@u.northwestern.edu
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Ping Guo,
Northwestern University,
e-mail: pingguo2009@u.northwestern.edu
Ping Guo
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
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Kornel F. Ehmann
Northwestern University,
e-mail: k-ehmann@northwestern.edu
Kornel F. Ehmann
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: k-ehmann@northwestern.edu
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Demeng Che
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: dche@u.northwestern.edu
Ishan Saxena
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: ishansaxena2013@u.northwestern.edu
Peidong Han
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: peidonghan2014@u.northwestern.edu
Ping Guo
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: pingguo2009@u.northwestern.edu
Kornel F. Ehmann
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: k-ehmann@northwestern.edu
Manuscript received August 13, 2013; final manuscript received January 17, 2014; published online March 26, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Patrick Kwon.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Jun 2014, 136(3): 034001 (22 pages)
Published Online: March 26, 2014
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Received:
August 13, 2013
Revision Received:
January 17, 2014
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Che, D., Saxena, I., Han, P., Guo, P., and Ehmann, K. F. (March 26, 2014). "Machining of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Polymers: A Literature Review." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. June 2014; 136(3): 034001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026526
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