Benjamin Beltran Laredo

1 INTRODUCTION Prepreg platelet molded composite (PPMC) is a material system processed by compression molding of unidirectional prepreg platelets to achieve a discontinuous composite system with a heterogeneous mesoscale morphology, controlled fiber length, and 50%–60% fiber volume fraction (FVF).[1-3] PPMC are fabricated by cutting the prepreg into platelets with a prescribed length and then compression molding the platelets into a required geometry (Figure 1).[3] Figure 1 shows three...