Advancing in the process of extending the use of composites for structural parts applications,
it is inevitable to work on complex shapes. That is the main reason why understanding the …

One of the ultimate objectives of this study was to investigate the feasibility of shaping
preconsolidated woven FRT (fabric reinforced thermoplastics) using stamp thermo …

Composite pressure vessels (CPVs) are lightweight and high-strength containers that can
be used for the storage of compressed gases, including hydrogen. While hydrogen is a …

This experimental work concerns the study of the preforming of a specific highly double
curved geometry with a triple point (case corner) by the sheet forming process using …

How to take full advantages of the strong designability of plain woven carbon fiber fabric is a
key problem urgently needed to be addressed in the application of plain woven carbon fiber …

This study concentrates on the possibility of forming a complex shape such as a tetrahedron
using two untwisted commercial flax based fabric reinforcements using the sheet forming …

Assessing and controlling the complex deformation behavior of textile reinforcements fabrics
remains one of the major challenges in the production of fiber-reinforced plastics. In this …

Shear behaviour of a glass fibre/polypropylene composite is characterized over a wide
range of strain rates and forming temperatures using the bias extension test. A temperature …

A non-orthogonal constitutive model was previously developed to characterize the
anisotropic material behavior of woven composite fabrics under large shear deformation …

Friction plays an important role in the processing behaviour of fabrics or prepregs into
geometries that require significant inter-ply and intra-ply movements. In previous studies …