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Fiber rearrangements during the molding of continuous fiber composites. I. Flat cloth to a hemisphere
Author(s) -
Robertson R. E.,
Hsiue E. S.,
Sickafus E. N.,
Yeh G. S. Y.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.750020309
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , molding (decorative) , fiber , sheet moulding compound , composite number , series (stratigraphy) , transfer molding , geology , paleontology , mold
The goal of this series of reports is to develop rapid computational procedures for determining the rearrangement of fibers that occurs during the molding of continuous fiber composite components for flat layups. This report considers the shaping of a cloth into a hemisphere. /the numerical procedure developed predicts that a cloth can be shaped into a hemisphere without wrinkling. This prediction is compared with experiment, and various paramenters connected with the shaping calculation are discussed.