Thermoplastic composites boast several advantages over thermoset composites including
outstanding mechanical performance, thermoformability and recyclability. Coupled with …

Modelling and simulation techniques are now considered an essential practice for the
materials industry. In order to gain insight into factors that can affect the final properties of a …

In recent years, new revolutionary paradigms generally indicated using the term Industry 4.0,
have been conceived and are progressively applied in several manufacturing systems to …

The present paper intends to enhance the literature survey on the defect of fiber waviness
generated during the manufacture of fiber reinforced polymer composites. In particular, the …

Out-of-plane fiber waviness, also referred to as wrinkling, is considered one of the most
significant effects that occur in composite materials. It significantly affects mechanical …

Automated fibre layup techniques are widely used in the aviation sector for the efficient
production of composite components. However, the required manual inspection can take up …

Abstract Continuous-Carbon-Fiber (CF)/polyaryletherketone (PAEK) composites have
recently attracted interest especially in the aerospace industry due to short-time processes …

The advent of novel robot-assisted composite manufacturing techniques has enabled
steering of fibre paths in the plane of the lamina, leading to the emergence of the so-called …

In the aerospace industry, the Automated Fiber Placement process is an established method
for producing composite parts. Nowadays the required visual inspection, subsequent to this …

The aerospace industry has established the Automated Fiber Placement process as a
common technique for manufacturing fibre reinforced components. In this process multiple …