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Motivating the development of a virtual process chain for sheet molding compound composites
Author(s) -
Görthofer Johannes,
Meyer Nils,
Pallicity Tarkes Dora,
Schöttl Ludwig,
Trauth Anna,
Schemmann Malte,
Hohberg Martin,
Pinter Pascal,
Elsner Peter,
Henning Frank,
Hrymak Andrew,
Seelig Thomas,
Weidenmann Kay,
Kärger Luise,
Böhlke Thomas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201900124
Subject(s) - molding (decorative) , compression molding , process (computing) , chain (unit) , materials science , sheet moulding compound , key (lock) , boundary (topology) , computer science , composite material , engineering drawing , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematics , physics , mold , computer security , astronomy , operating system , mathematical analysis
This contribution presents a physical process chain and the corresponding virtual process chain for sheet molding compound (SMC) composites. Here, focus lies on the physical process chain as a motivation for the virtual process chain as discussed in the authors' publication [1]. The key steps of the virtual process chain are the identification of initial and boundary conditions, the compression molding simulation, the mapping of data and the structural simulation. The so established virtual process chain is validated via experimental investigations on a demonstrator structure. Both, the predicted results of the compression molding simulation, as well as the results of the structural simulation are in good accordance with the experiments.