COMPOSITE LAMINATE STRUCTURE HAVING CELLULAR CORE FORMED USING CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS

To provide a composite laminate structure having a cellular core formed using a continuous compression molding process.SOLUTION: A composite laminate structure includes a cellular core and a first laminate layer bonded to the cellular core. The first laminate layer includes a first thermoplastic layer and a first fiber-reinforced polymer layer, in which a first surface of the first fiber-reinforced polymer layer is thermally consolidated to a second surface of the first thermoplastic layer. A first surface of the first thermoplastic layer is directly in contact with and bound to a first surface of the cellular core by temperature reduction of the first thermoplastic layer below a glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer while the cellular core is pressed against the first thermoplastic layer when the first thermoplastic layer is above the glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer and the cellular core is below a temperature where a material of the cellular core flow or degrade.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】続圧縮成形プロセスを使用して形成される、多孔質コアを有する複合積層構造を提供する。【解決手段】複合積層構造は、多孔質コアと、多孔質コアに結合された第１の積層層とを含む。第１の積層層は、第１の熱可塑性層および第１の繊維強化ポリマー層を含み、第１の繊維強化ポリマー層の第１の表面は、第１の熱可塑性層の第２の表面に熱的に一体化される。第１の熱可塑性層が第１の熱可塑性層のガラス転移温度を上回っており、多孔質コアが、多孔質コアの材料が流動または劣化する温度を下回っているときに多孔質コアを第１の熱可塑性層に押し付けている間に第１の熱可塑性層のガラス転移温度未満に第１の熱可塑性層の温度を低下させることによって、第１の熱可塑性層の第１の表面は、多孔質コアの第１の表面と直接接触して結合される。【選択図】図２