Numerical and Experimental Studies of Multi-ply Woven Carbon Fibre Prepreg Forming Process

Qian, Connie Cheng; Weare, Rachel; Pasco, Corentin; Kourra, Nadia; Attridge, Alex; Williams, Mark A.; Kendall, Kenneth N.

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.04.142

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“…Limited extensibility in fiber direction will have a pronounced effect on the overall deformation, resulting in dominant shear behavior and local thickening rather than thinning. The fiber directions may be tracked intuitively using drawn lines [6], a tracer in the fabric [7,8] or directly from the materials' inherent pattern [9,10]. However, full field strain measurements, using photogrammetry for example, provide a more complete picture of the local deformations.…”

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In-plane deformation measurements for validation of composite forming simulations

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2023

Materials Research Proceedings

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Abstract. Validation of composites forming simulations is essential to improve simulation predictions. Detailed validation requires reliable and well-controlled forming processes with precise methods for comparison to simulation results. This study presents some preliminary results from press forming experiments with cross-ply laminates shaped over a dome geometry. The material studied is a unidirectional carbon-fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite. The forming experiments were combined with a deformation measurement technique based on photogrammetry to measure the in-plane deformation on the surface of the laminate after forming. The obtained full-field deformation measurements allow for a direct and quantitative comparison with simulations. The accuracy and precision of the methodology are discussed in detail. The combination of a versatile forming experiment and a detailed analysis method as presented in this article could enable a more precise validation of composite forming simulations.

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