Closed‐Loop Control of Front Speed During Frontal Polymerization of Dicyclopentadiene—A Numerical Study

The application of closed-loop control to enforce a target front speed during frontal polymerization (FP) dicyclopentadiene under various initial and boundary conditions is demonstrated. Uncontrolled propagation FP reactions can result in quenching due heat loss, unstable propagation, material overheating, spontaneous pattern formation, heterogenous cured properties. These disadvantageous properties limit its use cases with highly controlled conditions. It shown results simulation that these problems be mitigated three ways through the control. First, it enforced by locally controlling temperature field via an external source. Second, this method prevents despite adverse Third, minimizes cure time energy consumption compared bulk heating.