Modelling a new composite from a recycled GFRP
Abstract
The mechanical reprocessing of different types of plastic scrap in high-energy disintegrator mills in direct and selective milling systems is considered. The grindabilty and separation of components of composites-an acrylic plastic and glass fibers-are analyzed. The relation between the density of the filler material and the fractions of a polymethylmethacrylate powder is modelled on the basis of experimental data. Artificial neural networks and a hybrid genetic algorithm are used to design a new composite from a recycled glass-fiber-reinforced plastic.
- Publication:
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Mechanics of Composite Materials
- Pub Date:
- December 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11029-009-9050-4
- Bibcode:
- 2008MCM....44..623K
- Keywords:
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- recycling of plastic scrap;
- disintegrators;
- hybrid genetic algorithm;
- artificial neural networks