Awa, Teck Wah2014-03-142014-03-141991-02-02etd-08182009-040230http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44259The objective of this study is to design a pultrusion die with a desired temperature profile. Design optimization programs were developed to synthesize the number of cartridge heaters, power input and location of each cartridge heater for a laboratory-scale pultrusion die. This is the first step in developing a pultrusion control process. Before this can be done, a thorough understanding of the pultrusion process is required. The parameters investigated are fiber-resin mixture, degree of curing, production temperature profile and pulling speed. It was found that these parameters are interrelated.xi, 128 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1991.A83Pultrusion -- ResearchThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08182009-040230/