A Study on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Focusing on the Automotive Applications

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is used in the various areas included automobiles. The matrix used in fiber reinforced polymer is the resin that interacts with the various elements of FRP and is generally classified into thermosetting polymers and thermoplastic polymers. Generally, thermosetting polymers were used a lot. Carbon fiber reinforced polymer is a high-strength, high-elastic material and lightweight material, which is used as a core material to manufacture for structural materials of cars.
Productivity in the mass-production automotive industry should be significantly faster than the conventional composite material molding method. Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer (CFRTP) and additive manufacturing may be alternatives as a material and molding method, respectively. CFRTP is a low-cost fabrication material that has received much attention in recent years due to its properties of high elastic modulus, high strength, and light weight. Additive manufacturing is expected to solve the costly traditional processes in that it can produce polymeric composite materials in an inexpensive and efficient manner. The research method is as follows.
Firstly, this paper is an overview of the application of CFRP to automobiles. The recent technological achievements for the CFRP were review and reorganized to focus for the possible alternatives of CFRP. Various domestic and foreign electronic journals, such as Science Direct and Springer Link, were used to collect data, and the Internet and Internet sites of automobile companies to collect various data on the current state of the automobile industry.
Secondly, the purpose of this article is to review and redefine the advantages and disadvantages of CFRPs, carbon fiber reinforced thermosetting polymer using thermosetting polymer and carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer using thermoplastic polymers, improvement direction of CFRP, process alternatives and others.
Finally, this research proposes carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer (CFRTP) is acceptable alternate material to carbon fiber reinforced polymer and Additive manufacturing is possible technology to solve the costly traditional processes.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• Ⅰ. Introduction
• Ⅱ. Current Stage of Fiber Reinforced Polymers
• Ⅲ. Manufacturing and Properties of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers
• Ⅳ. CFRTP and Additive Manufacturing as Alternatives of CFRP
• Ⅴ. Conclusion
• Reference