Parameters’ monitoring and in-situ instrumentation for resin transfer moulding: A review

Torres, Mauricio

doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.105500

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“…These sensors require access to a physical parameter related to the presence of resin, such as pressure, heat, or optical reflection/transmission for transparent molds. [ 3–5 ]…”

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“…These sensors require access to a physical parameter related to the presence of resin, such as pressure, heat, or optical reflection/transmission for transparent molds. [3][4][5] Embedded sensors are of particular interest, as they do not require adapted molds and can also be used for structural health monitoring during the service of the part. Various solutions are currently under development or were recently introduced to the market.…”

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Functionalized Fiber Reinforced Composites via Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fiber Sensors

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Nguyen‐Dang

et al. 2021

Adv Materials Technologies

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Monitoring fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) during their production and operation is becoming crucial to track the performance of the final parts and optimize the overall life cycle. The challenges associated with integrating multifunctional sensors with the required aspect ratio, manufacturing scalability, robustness, and performance within FRPC parts remain, however, unresolved. Here, a novel class of electronic polymer fiber sensors that can be seamlessly integrated within FRPC, and can sense and decouple cure time, temperature, and strain during and postprocessing is reported. It is shown that the particular fiber geometry induces a minimal impact on the final FRPC microstructure. Integrating both capacitive‐ and resistive‐based sensors within the electronic fibers, the monitoring of the resin flow and its curing during the production of FRPC parts is demonstrated. Finally, the embedded fiber sensors are used to measure and decouple thermal and mechanical loads imposed on the parts during their use, paving the way toward a new platform for smart and connected fiber reinforced polymer composites.

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“…These sensors require access to a physical parameter related to the presence of resin, such as pressure, heat, or optical reflection/transmission for transparent molds. [ 3–5 ]…”

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Functionalized Fiber Reinforced Composites via Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fiber Sensors

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Nguyen‐Dang

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Adv Materials Technologies

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“…[8] However, composites present more quality distortions (e.g., laminate quality and/or morphology) when the pressure, temperature and resin properties change during processing. [9,10] Hence, nondestructive techniques (NDTs) are commonly adopted to obtain information on the detection, localization, quantification of flaws, and damage in composites during their fabrication and application. [11] In general, the resin frontal flow and curing process of epoxy resin are monitored by techniques including laser ultrasonics, [12] the resistance of carbon fibers, [13,14] dielectric sensors, [8] resistive heating of carbon nanotube films, [15] piezoelectric sensor networks, [16,17] and optical fibers.…”

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In‐situ monitoring of glass fiber/epoxy composites by the embedded multi‐walled carbon nanotube coated glass fiber sensor: From fabrication to application

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Yang

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Polymer Composites

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Monitoring the curing defects as well as damages that occur in the fabrication and application process is important for ensuring the safety of composite structures. In this paper, a highly sensitive 1-D line sensor is designed to achieve self-sensing and diagnosing functionalities in both the fabrication and application of glass fiber reinforced epoxy (GF/epoxy) composites. The sensor consists of multi-walled carbon nanotube coated glass fiber (MWCNT@GF), which is sensing the damage by the principle of resistance change. Due to the vacuumassisted resin infusion process, the MWCNT@GF sensor is embedded into GF/epoxy composite laminates, and hence, it can monitor the resin frontal flow, curing, and especially the flow defects. In the subsequent application, the tensile performance of a GF/epoxy composite joint is evaluated by not only the force-displacement curve but also the displacement-dependent resistance change of the sensor. Tensile damage modes are distinguished, which is for the first time to be reported. The MWCNT@GF sensor is mechanically stable and highly sensitive; hence, it can be used to follow the composite performance from fabrication until the end of life.

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“…It is true that a single system could not afford the life-span of the composite component. At the end, sensing methods, which modify the less the industrial lines, are the ones that are most attractive to industry partners [39].…”

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Multi-instrumentation monitoring for the curing process of a composite structure

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Parameters’ monitoring and in-situ instrumentation for resin transfer moulding: A review

Cited by 29 publications

References 64 publications

Functionalized Fiber Reinforced Composites via Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fiber Sensors

Functionalized Fiber Reinforced Composites via Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fiber Sensors

In‐situ monitoring of glass fiber/epoxy composites by the embedded multi‐walled carbon nanotube coated glass fiber sensor: From fabrication to application

Multi-instrumentation monitoring for the curing process of a composite structure

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