Original Article
  • Evaluation of In-situ Consolidation Process of CF/LMPAEK Thermoplastic Blanks and Mechanical Behavior Using Non-contact Induction Heating Welding

  • Hannah Jang*, Chae-Hwan Lim*, Hyun-Jeong Lee**, Ki-Sung So**, Wan-Gyu Choi**, Young-Woo Nam*, ***†

  • * Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
    ** Mobility Parts Research Team, Hyundai Steel
    *** Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Korea Aerospace University

  • CF/LMPAEK 열가소성 Blank의 비접촉 유도 가열을 활용한 동시 성형 접합 공정 및 기계적 물성 평가

  • 장한나* · 임채환* · 이현정** · 소기성** · 최완규** · 남영우*, ***†

  • This article is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Correspondence to

  • Young-Woo Nam

  • * Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
    *** Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Korea Aerospace University

  • E-mail: ywnam@kau.ac.kr