Capillary effects in fiber reinforced polymer composite processing: a review

H Teixidó, J Staal, B Caglar, V Michaud - Frontiers in Materials, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Capillarity plays a crucial role in many natural and engineered systems, ranging from
nutrient delivery in plants to functional textiles for wear comfort or thermal heat pipes for heat …

A novel approach to simulate the resin infusion process by two phases coupling free and porous flows intra and inter fiber tows of liquid composite molding

C Li, J Huang, T Qin, C Chen… - Journal of Composite …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this work, a coupling Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes-Darcy two-phase flow model is
developed to simulate the resin infusion process intra and inter fiber tow. Navier–Stokes …

Influence of intra-yarn flows on whole 3D woven fabric numerical permeability: from Stokes to Stokes-Darcy simulations

A Geoffre, Y Wielhorski, N Moulin, J Bruchon… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 2D and 3D numerical permeability of fibrous media are studied based on Stokes
and Stokes-Darcy flows simulated by a Finite Element Modelling (FEM). A monolithic …

Capillary pressure contribution in fabrics as a function of fibre volume fraction for Liquid Composite Moulding processes

HN Vo, MF Pucci, S Drapier, PJ Liotier - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Liquid Composite Moulding processes are considered as promising and effective to
manufacture structure composite parts reinforced with synthetic and natural fabrics. The …

A shell model for resin flow and preform deformation in thin-walled composite manufacturing processes

D Wu, R Larsson - International Journal of Material Forming, 2020 - Springer
The paper proposes a novel approach to model the in-plane resin flow in deformable thin-
walled fiber preforms for liquid composite molding processes. By ignoring the through …

Modeling and experimental validation of the VARTM process for thin-walled preforms

D Wu, R Larsson, MS Rouhi - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, recent shell model is advanced towards the calibration and validation of the
Vacuum-assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) process in a novel way. The model …

Design, simulation and test of thermal control system of centrifuge for space utilization

Y Zhang, S Dong, K Wang, Y Zhou, Q Sheng… - Microgravity Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Taking centrifuge system for space utilization as the research object, an active air-cooling
thermal control system is put forward. Physical models of the centrifuge thermal control …

Accounting for capillary effects in level-set based Finite Elements modelling of impregnation in fibrous media

L Chevalier - 2019 - theses.hal.science
Accounting for surface tension effects is of major interest in many fields in engineering. More
specifically, in the field of LCM composite processing, surface tension driven phenomena …

Capillary Effects in Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Processing: A

H Teixidó, J Staal, B Caglar, V Michaud - Horizons in Materials, 2022 - books.google.com
Capillary action is defined as the process whereby a fluid flows on a surface, thus displacing
air or another immiscible phase present on this solid surface, under no external forces …

[PDF][PDF] Stokes-darcy fluid flow simulations within 3d Interlock fabrics with capillary effects

M Cataldi, Y Wielhorski, N Moulin… - ECCM 21-21st …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Abstract Resin Transfer Moulding is a widely used process in composite material
manufacturing, involving the compaction of a fibrous 3D interlock preform to reach the …