Rumyancev

Traditional technologies of producing epoxy based polymer composite materials (PCM) require a long-term and energy consuming thermal processing. Microwave heating could be used as an alternative technology for heating work pieces made of PCM; this would allow one to reduce treatment time and energy consumption significantly. A mathematical model of temperature distribution inside the cylindrical composite system during microwave treatment was investigated in this paper. The model includes hollow PCM cylinder made of epoxy binder and carbon fibers and solid cylindrical mandrel. Theoretical and experimental results on the temperature state of the system were analyzed and discussed.