Stokes-Griffin, ChristopherCompston, Paul2015-12-130143-8166http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70836The optical behaviour of a carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite material is investigated for a near infrared laser heating process applied to automated composite tape placement. A nip point heating strategy in laser tape placement results in a201510.1016/j.optlaseng.2015.03.0162015-12-11