[HTML][HTML] A hyperelastic approach for modeling the membrane behavior in finite element forming simulation of unidirectional non-crimp fabrics (UD-NCF)

B Schaefer, D Dörr, R Zheng, N Naouar… - Composites Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Unidirectional non-crimp fabrics (UD-NCFs) are highly suitable for high-performance
components due to their excellent lightweight potential. However, during forming they are …

Shear deformation characterization and normalized method of tricot-stitched unidirectional non-crimp fabric

M Mei, J Huang, S Yu, T Zeng, Y He, K Wei - Composites Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, the shear deformation of unidirectional non-crimp fabric (UD-NCF) is investigated
sparsely, especially for the normalized method. Thus, this work systematically explored the …

Characterizing and modelling the coupled in-plane shear-biaxial tension deformation response of unidirectional non-crimp fabrics

J Montesano, M Ghazimoradi, V Carvelli - International Journal of Material …, 2023 - Springer
The coupled biaxial tension and shear-biaxial tension deformation responses of a
unidirectional non-crimp fabric (UD-NCF) was explored using a novel experimental test …

A model for permeability in fibre-reinforced plastics

A Sherratt, M Ghazimoradi, J Montesano… - Transactions of the …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Increased use of continuous fibre-reinforced plastics (CoFRP) is being seen in the
automotive industry due to their high strength specific properties. The manufacturing …

Predictive Modelling of the Effects of Processing Parameters on the Mechanical Properties of Fiber Reinforced Composites using Liquid Composite Molding

J Sears - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This research investigates the efficacy of an automated Wet Compression Molding (WCM)
process integrated with a 6-axis Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) robot to manufacture carbon-fiber …

An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Predicting Processing Parameters for Liquid Composite Molded (LCM) Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Plastics (CFRPs)

JL Sears, J Johrendt - 2024 - researchsquare.com
This study developed a comparative machine learning (ML) framework to predict optimal
processing parameters and mechanical properties for automotive-grade carbon fibre …

Influence of viscosity, binder activation, and loading rate on the membrane response of an infiltrated UD-NCF

RM PORTELA, B SCHÄFER, L KÄRGER… - Materials Research … - mrforum.com
Shear-tension coupling of engineering fabric is one of the most important behaviors during
the draping phase of liquid composite molding (LCM) processes, including wet compression …