The peeling apart of layered materials is common in nature and has been used by humans
in myriad applications since prehistoric times. Over the past century, a wide range of peel …

Automated fiber placement (AFP) is a composite manufacturing technique used to fabricate
complex advanced air vehicle structures that are lightweight with superior qualities. The AFP …

The stickiness of prepregs (tack) is considered a decisive material property for the success
of high‐quality composite manufacturing by automated lay‐up processes such as automated …

Automated fiber placement (AFP) is an advanced manufacturing method for composites,
which is especially suitable for large-scale composite components. However, some …

In the present study, an extensive experimental investigation using various process
parameters and steering radii is performed to gain a deeper understanding of the defect …

Fiber waviness is one of the most significant defects that occurs in composites due to the
severe knockdown in mechanical properties that it causes. This paper investigates the …

Contact formation and autohesion with respect to their role as the major mechanisms
governing the tack between thermoset prepregs in automated fiber placement were …

Technologies for automated fibre lay-up have proven their usefulness in composites
manufacturing. Further development of the technologies, such as Automated Dry Fibre …

Automated manufacturing of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites, such as
automated fibre placement (AFP), is widely used in the aerospace industry. Due to the large …

Employing a test method with coupled application and peel phases, tack was characterised
for a UD prepreg tape. Different aspects of tack were explored by varying test parameters …