Fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites are gaining popularity in many industries due to
their short consolidation cycles, among other advantages over thermoset-based composites …

Bending properties play a significant role in the forming of textile composites reinforcements,
particularly in determining the shape of wrinkles. The physics related to the bending of …

The manufacturing process has significant influence on the product quality of filament
wound composite parts. The aim of this work is to provide an analytical and optimization tool …

Laser-assisted tape winding (LATW) is a highly automated process for manufacturing
tubular-like fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites such as flywheels and pipes. One of …

Thermoset composites are vital materials in modern manufacturing due to their exceptional
mechanical properties, chemical resilience, and thermal endurance across diverse …

A new global kinematic-optical-thermal (KOT) model is proposed to provide a proper
understanding and description of the temperature evolution during laser-assisted tape …

Tubular structures of fiber-reinforced polymer composites are utilized in various applications
such as risers in the oil and gas industry and hydrogen pressure vessels in the automotive …

The curvature feature makes the irradiance and absorptivity change, resulting in an uneven
power density distribution, which affects the quality of composite parts. In this study, a …

This paper presents an effective process optimization methodology for laser assisted tape
winding (LATW) of complex part geometries by means of a numerical optical-thermal model …

The non-uniform temperature and crystallinity distributions present in carbon fiber–
reinforced PA12 composite pipes, produced via laser-assisted tape winding (LATW), are …