Abstract
AbstractThe dimensional stability of sample cylinders cured with sheet molding compound pastes was investigated. A significant amount of dimensional change was found for these samples when they were annealed. Furthermore, the amount of change varied with location from the center to the wall along the radial direction of the sample cylinder to form a strain gradient. A series of experiments were then carried out to determine property gradients along the same direction in search of the source of the dimensional instability. It was found that the sample also had a gradient in cure and a gradient in dynamic mechanical properties. But these gradients are not in full agreement. In particular, the gradient of cure appears to be opposite to the direction of the strain gradient, while the gradient of the dynamic mechanical properties coincides with it. These results, therefore, suggest that the dimensional stability may be predominantly governed by the viscoelastic behavior of the material.
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