Microstructural and mechanical investigations regarding the formability of glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic pultruded profiles

Joél Schukraft, Moritz Fünkner, Feiyun Zhang, Haoyang Liu, Michael Leander Wilhelm, Louis Kaptur, Frank Henning, Andrew N. Hrymak, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Institute for Materials Resource Management, University of Augsburg, Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT, Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Composites Research, Institute of Vehicle System Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Published online on December 26, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Volume 39, Issue 7, Page 3920-3937, July 2026.
Thermoplastic fiber reinforced composites have crucial benefits over thermoset composite materials regarding sustainability and reusability, as well as in post-processing, like welding or forming. In this study in-situ pultruded unidirectional reinforced ...