The increased usage of fiber reinforced polymer composites in load bearing applications
requires a detailed understanding of the process induced residual stresses and their effect …

Control and optimization of curing process is very important for the production of high quality
composite parts. Crosslinking of molecules of thermoset resin occurs in this phase, which …

In this paper, we present the simultaneous measurement of the strain and temperature
during cures of various composite laminates using fiber Bragg grating/extrinsic Fabry-Perot …

The modern dielectric spectrometer is capable of real time observation of changes in the
dipole activity of molecular systems. This article discusses the issues involved in such …

A coupled thermo-kinetic simulation of the liquid composite molding process based on a
three-dimensional Galerkin finite element method is presented. The thermal equilibrium and …

The cure history dependent residual deformation in a thermosetting composite laminate was
investigated using bi-lamina strip sample with [0/90 4] stacking-sequence. The samples …

The formation and the build-up of process-induced stresses and strains have been
investigated both experimentally and numerically, analyzing the non-isothermal cure of a …

The elastic fibre prestressing (EFP) technique has been developed to balance the thermal
residual stress generated during curing of a polymeric composite. The continuous fibre …

A partially embedded long fibre-Bragg grating (FBG) into an epoxy cylindrical specimen is
used to monitor the strain distribution evolution along its axis when subjected to subsequent …

In this paper, the curing process of FMLs is investigated as part of a research on modelling
the (elastic) response upon manufacturing. The curing process results in shape deviations …