Abstract:Since the arrival of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) in the 1980s and 1990s, the manufacturing technique has been progressively improving in quality and reliability of the process and resulting structures. The state-of-the-art of AFP is allowing for the manufacture of structures with increasing geometrical complexity. To adequately manufacture such structures, a large effort in process planning is required to reduce defect occurrence to the best extent possible. Many optimization methodologies have been establ… Show more
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