Microstructure‐based processing parameters of thermoplastic composite materials. Part II: Experimental results

Abstract The permeability of termoplastic composites and the elastic behavior of their fiber networks were measured during compression molding. As these processing parameters depend on the microstructure of the composite, experiments were performed to determine them for tape prepreg, commingled two repreg, and powder‐coated tow prepreg. The experimental results agree closely when compared to the theoretical predictions.