Review of automated fibre placement and its prospects for advanced composites

L Zhang, X Wang, J Pei, Y Zhou - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
Fibre placement is a research hot spot for the intelligent manufacturing of advanced
composites, and the efficiency of fibre placement has become an important index to evaluate …

A review on design for manufacture of variable stiffness composite laminates

GG Lozano, A Tiwari, C Turner… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of curvilinear fibre paths to develop variable stiffness laminates is now recognised
as a promising technique offering great potential for performance improvements over …

Buckling and free vibration study of variable and constant-stiffness cylindrical shells

E Labans, C Bisagni - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
The ability to steer carbon fibre tapes, varying the tow angle, can widen the designs
possibilities of cylindrical shells that are one of the main components of aerospace …

[HTML][HTML] Computer aided modelling of variable angle tow composites manufactured by continuous tow shearing

BC Kim, PM Weaver, K Potter - Composite Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel fibre placement method 'continuous tow shearing (CTS)'has recently been
developed in order to minimise process-induced defects in a tow steering process for …

An accurate approach to roller path generation for robotic fibre placement of free-form surface composites

L Yan, ZC Chen, Y Shi, R Mo - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2014 - Elsevier
Due to their high stiffness and strength, composites are widely used in the aerospace
industry. To manufacture composites, especially composites of free-form surface structure …

[HTML][HTML] Vibration analysis of rotating variable-angle-tow composite cylindrical structures via high-fidelity shell models

R Azzara, M Filippi, E Carrera - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The paper focuses on rotordynamics analyses of various rotating variable-angle-tow (VAT)
composite cylindrical structures using both low-and high-fidelity structural models. To model …

Approximate geometric methods in application to the modeling of fiber placed composite structures

K Schueler, J Miller, R Hale - J. Comput. Inf. Sci …, 2004 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Fiber placement is a modern method of constructing composite structures with complex
curved surfaces. Modeling individual tows in a fiber placed part constitutes the challenge …

Zur fertigungsgerechten Auslegung von Faser-Kunststoff-Verbundbauteilen für den extremen Leichtbau auf Basis des variabelaxialen Fadenablageverfahrens …

A Spickenheuer - 2014 - tud.qucosa.de
Abstract (DE) Seitdem Faser-Kunststoff-Verbunde (FKV) als Leichtbauwerkstoffe für
Hochleistungsanwendungen im Luftfahrzeug-, Automobil-und Sportgerätebau eingesetzt …

[HTML][HTML] From virtual to actual assisted tape placement− application of the Frenet frame to robotic steering trajectories

GFO Ferreira, D Jones, AK Bandaru, G Zucco… - Composites Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel computational tool is presented that integrates the design and manufacturing of
variable-angle tow composites for automated tape placement, facilitating the creation of tow …

[PDF][PDF] Design and manufacture of a variable-stiffness cylindrical shell

AW Blom, PB Stickler, Z Gürdal - Proceedings of the SAMPE Europe 30th …, 2009 - Citeseer
Advanced fiber placement technology enables the placement of curved fibers on a surface,
which makes it possible to continuously vary the stiffness within a composite laminate. A …