Aziz, A. R. and Ali, M. A. and Zeng, X. and Umer, R. and Schubel, P. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-0922 and Cantwell, W. J.
(2017)
Transverse permeability of dry fiber preforms manufactured by automated fiber placement.
Composites Science and Technology, 152.
pp. 57-67.
ISSN 0266-3538
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Abstract
This work presents a correlation between the transverse permeability of a preform and the process variability of the automated dry fiber placement manufacturing technique. In this study, an experimental and numerical analysis of the dry tape preform, with a focus on its through-thickness permeability, has been undertaken. Geometric models, containing flow channels of two different width dry tape carbon preforms, have been created in the TexGen modeller. A Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation has been undertaken to obtain the predicted through-thickness-permeability of the dry tape preform. A parametric study on the effect of different dry tape gap sizes on the permeability of the preform is presented. An in-situ compaction study, carried out in an X-CT machine, revealed that the gap sizes were irregular throughout the manufactured preforms. In addition, an experimental investigation of the through-thickness permeability, which is based on a saturated flow condition at a thickness corresponding to full vacuum pressure, is also presented. The permeability prediction based on the X-CT re-constructed geometric model has been validated using the experimental data. A further parametric study has revealed that the process variablity in automated dry fibre placement influences the through-thickness permeability by a factor of upto 5.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2017 03:34 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2022 02:31 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Modeling; Automated fiber placement; Layered structures; Resin flow |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 09 Engineering > 0901 Aerospace Engineering > 090102 Aerospace Materials 09 Engineering > 0913 Mechanical Engineering > 091307 Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401602 Composite and hybrid materials 40 ENGINEERING > 4001 Aerospace engineering > 400101 Aerospace materials 40 ENGINEERING > 4017 Mechanical engineering > 401706 Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.09.011 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/33103 |
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